The relationship between deep vein thrombosis and erythema nodosum in male patients with Behcet-s disease

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The pathogenesis of thrombosis in Behcet-s Disease (BD) is unknown, however, multiple factors leading to the disease may include hypercoagulability, hypofibrinolysis and endothelial injury. We sought to evaluate the frequency of erythema nodosumlike lesions (ENLL) due to the presence of vasculitis in ENLL observed in BD in male patients with BD with and without deep vein thrombosis. To our knowledge this is the first study to investigate the association of ENLL between the groups with or without thrombosis in only male patients with BD.