GENERALIZED MYOSITIS IN BEHCET DISEASE - TREATMENT WITH CYCLOSPORINE

A young Turkish man had classic Behcet disease with oral and genital aphthous ulcerations, chorioretinitis, and pseudofolliculitis. The clinical picture was dominated by associated generalized myositis, an exceptional occurrence in the disease. All clinical features except the myositis improved when the patient was given conventional immunosuppressive therapy; however, the myositis responded to treatment with cyclosporine. This case appears to be the first in which successful treatment of generalized myositis in a patient with Behcet disease was achieved with cyclosporine.