Publication: Persistent fever, neck swelling, and small vessel vasculitis following tonsillectomy in a patient with Behçet's disease: a case report
Persistent fever, neck swelling, and small vessel vasculitis following tonsillectomy in a patient with Behçet's disease: a case report
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Wagner, C., Schär, D., Tinguely, M., & Kunz, I. (2012). Persistent fever, neck swelling, and small vessel vasculitis following tonsillectomy in a patient with Behçet’s disease: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 6, 371. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-371
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INTRODUCTION: Behçet's disease commonly presents with recurrent oral and genital mucocutaneous ulcerations, uveitis and various skin manifestations. Other clinical symptoms include gastrointestinal ulcerations, arthritis, venous thrombosis, arterial aneurysms and central nervous system affection. Vasculitis underlies most clinical symptoms of Behçet's disease. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 62-year-old European Caucasian woman with Behçet's disease who presented with persistent fever and neck soft-tissue swelling, despite
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- Wagner, Claudia
- Schär, Dominik
- Tinguely, Marianne
- Kunz, Isabelle
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Wagner, C., Schär, D., Tinguely, M., & Kunz, I. (2012). Persistent fever, neck swelling, and small vessel vasculitis following tonsillectomy in a patient with Behçet’s disease: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 6, 371. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-371
