Behcet's syndrome is not associated with vitiligo

Abstract

Objective. Behcets syndrome (BS) has many features that are different front autoimmune diseases, including a lack of association with Sjogren's syndrome. Vitiligo is frequently associated with various autoimmune disorders such as autoimmune thyroiditis, pernicious anemia and Addisons disease. Our informal observation was that vitiligo is also uncommon among BS patients. With this controlled and masked study we formally surveyed the presence of vitiligo among BS patients and suitable controls.