Bone erosion of the sternocostal joint in a patient with Behcet's disease

Yuki NANKE; Tsuyoshi KOBASHIGAWA; Toru YAGO; Naomi ICHIKAWA; Hisashi YAMANAKA; Shigeru KOTAKE

doi:10.2177/jsci.32.186

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Bone erosion of the sternocostal joint in a patient with Behcet's disease

Yuki NANKE, Tsuyoshi KOBASHIGAWA, Toru YAGO, Naomi ICHIKAWA, Hisashi YAMANAKA, Shigeru KOTAKE

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Keywords: Behcet's disease, arthritis, joint

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2009 Volume 32 Issue 3 Pages 186-188

DOI https://doi.org/10.2177/jsci.32.186

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Abstract

Behcet's disease (BD) is a polysymptomatic and recurrent systemic vasculitis with a chronic course and unknown cause. Erosive arthropathy is extremely rare. We report a 52-year-old female patient with BD demonstrating bone erosion of the sternocostal joint.

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