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Being in an endemic area, I would routinely screen for Tuberculosis, these days with IGRA (Quantiferon or T-Spot). Recurrent oral ulcers can be a TH1 response to mycobacteria.
Recurrent oral ulcerations may be a feature of Crohn’s Disease too. I would check stool calprotectin, stool occult blood, and serum ASCA.
A confluence of positive results, especially if accomp
There’s also intestinal Behçet’s. Perhaps Crohn’s and Behçet’s are overlapping phenotypes of a particular immune response.
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