A recurrent aphthous stomatitis case due to paediatric Behcet's disease

Behcet's disease is a rare condition in children and characterized by a tri ad of recurrent aphthous stomatitis, genital ulceration and uveitis. The ae tiology is unknown, but systemic vasculitis is the main pathology. The oral lesions resemble Sutton disease, which is another form of recurrent aphtho us stomatitis (RAS) that composes approximately 10 per cent of cases and is known as major aphthous stomatitis, can easily be overlooked if the other symptoms are not questioned. We presented a 12-year-old girl with the initi al complaint of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. During the follow-up period, we observed the other cardinal signs of the Behqet's disease.