Behcet's disease is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory disorder marked by eye inflammation, oral and genital ulcers, and certain other skin lesions, as well as varying, multisystem involvement including the joints, blood vessels, central nervous system, and gastrointestinal tract.

In 1937, Hulusi Behcet, a Turkish dermatologist, described a disease associating uveitis (inflammation of the uvea, the middle coat of the eye comprising the choroid, ciliary body, and the iris) with genital and oral...