Coexistence of Behçet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case Report
Hikmet Koçyiğit2, Yasemin Turan1, Korhan Bayram2, Alev Gurgan2, Hülya Deveci2, Anıl Güvenç2
1Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Aydın, Turkey
2İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, İzmir, Turkey
Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis, behçet's disease
Abstract
Although overlap syndrome is frequently encountered in rheumatology practice, only a few cases of coexisting Behçet's disease and ankylosing spondylitis have been reported in the literature. Thus, in this article, we aimed to present a 55-year-old male patient with coexisting Behçet's disease and ankylosing spondylitis who had HLA-B5 positivity, HLA-B27 negativity, and oral and genital lesions. (Turk J Rheumatol 2010; 25: 217-20)