Behcet's disease: remission of patient symptoms after oral contraceptive therapy
Oh, S.H.; Kwon, J.Y.; Lee, J.H.; Han, E.C.; Bang, D.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 34(5): E88-E90
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1365-2230 PMID: 19438558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03201.xDocument Number: 205488
We report a patient with Behcet's disease (BD) who went into remission after administration of oral contraceptives. About 2 years after the diagnosis of BD, she developed dysfunctional uterine bleeding with menometrorrhagia, during which oral and genital ulcers and erythema nodosum-like lesions persisted without remission. The oral contraceptive that was prescribed to control her irregular menstruation also suppressed outbreaks of ulcers and erythema nodosum-like lesions. This case suggests that sex hormones might be considered as one of the aggravating or inducing factors in BD.