Mature ovarian teratoma as a possible cause of fever and clinical exacerbation in Behçet's disease: a case report

D. ÖzatlıDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]

Y. BalabanDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, Turkey

İ. C. HaznedaroǧluDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, Turkey

S. KarakuşDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, Turkey

D. ErtoyDepartment of Pathology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

N. SayınalpDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, Turkey

A. OtoDepartment of Radiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

O. ÖzcebeDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, Turkey

S. DündarDepartment of Haematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, İlk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Güzelevler Blokları B-13/3, Batıkent 06370, Ankara, Turkey

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Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. BD is very rarely associated with neoplastic diseases. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman who had been treated for BD for 3 years. She presented with relapsing oral and genital lesions and persistent high-grade fever which had lasted for 1 month. The possible cause of the exacerbation of BD and fever in this patient was a mature ovarian teratoma. To our knowledge this is the first report of a patient with BD associated with a ovarian teratoma.

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