J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
May 2024
Behcet's disease (BD) is characterized by recurrent oral ulcers with concomitant systemic multi-organ involvement, which may include neurological disease, ocular disease, vascular disease, genital ulcers, skin lesions, and arthritis. The clinical symptoms arise from vasculitis that involves small, medium, and large blood vessels. We present the case of a young male who presented with atypical Behcet's autoimmune encephalitis with recurrent oral ulcers, neurological manifestations, HLA-B51 positivity, abnormal EEG findings, and improvement following multiple plasma exchange treatments.
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