Ulcerative Lesions in Behcet's Disease

Table 1

Differential diagnosis of Behçet’s ulcerations.

Manifestations	Treatments
	Recurrent oral stomatitis
	PFAPA (Periodic fever, aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis, adenopathy)
	Familial Hibernian fever
	Sytemic lupus erythematosus
	Ulcerative colitis
	Coeliac disease and other malabsorption states
	Iron, B12 and folate deficiency
	Human immunodeficiency virus infections
Oral ulcers	Chickenpox
	Hand, foot and mouth disease
	Nicorandil (anal ulcers also reported)
	Bisphosphonates
	Cyclical neutropenia
	Lymphoma
	Bullous skin disease
	Syphilis
	Tuberculosis
	Lichen planus
	Complex aphthosis
	Reiter’s syndrome
	Mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage (MAGIC)
	Crohn’s disease
	Sweet’s syndrome
	Erythema multiforme
Genital ulcers	Bullous skin disease
	Erosive lichen planus
	Fixed drug reaction
	CMV (in immunocompromised patients)
	Herpes simplex (HSV1)
	Chancroid
	Syphilis
	Scabies
	Tuberculosis
Vasculitic ulcerations	Sweet’s syndrome
	Pyoderma gangrenosum
	Erythema multiforme
	Pernio
	Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
	Polyarteritis nodosa
Gastrointestinal ulcerations	Crohn's disease
	Coeliac disease
	Colitis ulcerosa [19, 22]