Clinical rheumatology
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Clinical rheumatology · Jan 1996
Review Case ReportsBehcet's disease complicated with myelodysplastic syndrome: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
Two cases of Behcet's disease associated with myelodysplastic syndrome are described. Both patients showed a chromosomal abnormality, trisomy 8. Based on the laboratory findings in our patients and a careful review of the literature of similar cases, the association of the chromosomal abnormality with the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease is suggested.