A CLINICAL CASE OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SYMPTOMS IN A PATIENT WITH BEHCET'S DISEASE

Behcet's disease (BD) – is a rare autoimmune disease which small and medium-sized arteries and veins are affected in, ulcerative processes occur in the genital area and on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity, and it is also possible to involve the organ of vision, gastrointestinal tract, and central nervous system. It has a chronic course with unpredictable exacerbations and remissions. The lack of therapy leads to disability and endangers the patient's life. The disease is named after Turkish dermatologist Huluci Behcet, who described it in 1937, a combination of three symptoms (ulcers of the oral cavity, genitals and eye pathology) as a single disease [1-3]. Aim: To present a description of the clinical case in a middle-aged 58-year-old woman who developed severe damage to the gastrointestinal tract involving the esophagus: Cicatricial narrowing (scarring) of the upper third of the esophagus with Behcet's disease, the presence of pronounced mucosal and non-ocular and articular syndromes, the diagnosis was established 7 years after the onset of the first symptoms.