A rare case of velopharyngeal insufficiency in a patient with behc‘et’s disease

Abstract EN

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), in which the velopharyngeal port does not close during speech, is an important condition that reduces the quality of life in affected patients.

Behc¸ et’s disease (BD) is a systemic autoimmune vasculitis with effects on many organs and systems in the body.

Patients with BD may have otorhinolaryngological symptoms as part of its multi-system disease involvement.

In rare cases, autoimmune diseases have been linked to VPI.

Here we report the first case of BD diagnosed in a patient with VPI.