A case of incomplete Behçet's disease associated with a high fever and sore throat

Abstract

　Oral aphthous ulcers are mostly caused by infection. However, it could be one of the symptoms of an auto-immune disease. We report herein on a 16-year-old male who presented with multiple oropharyngeal aphthous ulcers and was finally diagnosed as having incomplete Behçet's disease. Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease with prominent symptoms, including recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, cutaneous and ocular manifestation, and pudendal ulcers. This disease should be suspected when patients have a high fever, sore throat and oropharyngeal aphthous ulcers that fail to respond to antimicrobial agents but do respond to steroid treatment. Early diagnosis in collaboration with other clinical departments is preferable because patients who have uveitis often lose their eyesight.