Behçet's disease or
Behçet disease , sometimes called
Behçet's syndrome,
Morbus Behçet,
Behçet-Adamantiades syndrome, or
Silk Road disease, is a rare immune-mediated small-vessel
systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular problems. Behçet's disease (BD) was named in 1937 after the Turkish dermatologist
Hulusi Behçet, who first described the triple-symptom complex of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and
uveitis. As a systemic disease, it can also involve
visceral organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and neurological systems. This syndrome can be fatal due to ruptured vascular
aneurysms or severe neurological complications.