Table 1 Diagnostic criteria for Adamantiades–Behçet's syndrome (International Study Group for Behçet's Disease, 1990).
Recurrent oral aphthae | At least three times a year (plus any two of the following four criteria) |
Genital ulcerations | Active lesion or scar |
Skin lesions | Erythema nodosum, foliculitis, other ulcerations |
Involvement of the eye | Anterior or posterior uveitis, or retinal vasculitis |
Positive pathergy test | Hyper‐reactivity of the skin to pinprick (sterile pustule formed in 24–48 h) – a red papule or pustule >2 mm at the prick site |