Behçet disease

In 1937, Professor Hulusi Behçet, a Turkish dermatologist, described two cases of relapsing ulceration of the mouth, eye and genitalia, a triple symptom complex that now characterizes the multisystem disorder that was named after him. The periodic relapses led Behçet to attribute these symptoms to a viral infection. This was subsequently found to be inaccurate and current evidence now favours a multifactorial aetiology with an immunological basis.