[Behçet's syndrome. Report of the first case in Cuba]. / Sindrome de Behçet. Reporte del primer caso en Cuba.

This paper deal with the case of a patient undergoing Behçet's disease, with ulcerous lesions in the oral cavity and scrotum. A brief review of this entity, not yet reported in our country, is carried out. Value of immunomodulating therapy (interferon and levamisole) in the elongation of disease relapses is pointed out.

[Prostaglandin E2 (PgE2) in normal and inflamed gingiva. Clinical assay. Literature review]. / Prostaglandina E2 (PgE2) en encia normal e inflamada. Ensayo clinico. Revisión bibliografica.

The role of prostaglandins (Pg) in the pathogeny of periodontal disease is analyzed. For that purpose, 92 samples of gingivae were taken to the same number of patients (48 women and 44 men) aged 17-74 years, and were clinically classified according to Löe gingival index. Presence of prostaglandins was determined by thin layer chromatography. Presence or absence of PgE2 was related to sex, age, Löe gingival index and degree of inflammatory infiltrated. Although correlation between Löe gingival index and degree of inflammatory infiltrate has not an exactly correspondence, the first one offers a useful initial clinical orientation. To patients with higher degree of inflammation corresponded higher PgE2 concentrations. Possibility of using prostaglandin inhibiting drugs in the treatment of periodontal disease is stated.