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. 2010 Mar-Apr;3(2):122–128. doi: 10.4161/oxim.3.2.6

Table 1.

Clinical features of patients with Behçet disease (BD) with pulmonary involvement

Lesions Number of patients (%)
Oral ulcer 15 (100%)
Genital ulcer 15 (100%)
Eye lesions 10 (66%)
Skin lesions (erythema nodosum, folliculitis, …) 8 (53.3%)
Arthritis 15 (100%)
Vascular symptoms 12 (80%)

Overall burden of the disease manifestations in BD patients is described. Patients received colchicine, steroids/cyclosporine. The pulmonary arteries are the second most common site of arterial involvement, preceded by the aorta. Aneurysms are more common than thrombosis.3