BACKGROUND/AIMS Sleep disturbance is prime concern in patients with Behcet disease. The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of sleep quality, in Korean patients suffering from Behcet disease. We further investigated the relationship between depression, quality of life and the clinical findings of Behcet disease. METHODS The study was performed by the cross-sectional design. Slee...

purpose : to investigate the risk factors and causes for blindness in behcet’s disease (bd). methods : in this preliminary retrospective case series we have investigated 27 bd patients (54 eyes), legally blind (vision 0.1 or less) at least in one eye at the last visit (2006), and compared them with 54 eyes of 27 non-blind patients (control group), matched individually and consequently in terms ...

behcet´s disease (bd) is accepted as a systemic vasculitis. vasculitis is observed  predominantly on the venous system. vessel involvement is frequently seen in males. this study was planned retrospectively evaluate demographic features, clinical features, vessel involvements in bd. furthermore, we aimed to prospectively compare consecutively chosen patients with and without thrombosis and heal...

a 33-year-old female-a known case of behcet's disease- was admitted to the hospital due to fever, dyspnea and hemoptysis. one week before admission, she had developed right leg swelling. the history suggested either deep vein thrombosis (dvt) and pulmonary emboli or pulmonary artery vasculitis. diagnostic tests were requested and the necessary treatment was started accordingly

OBJECTIVES To analyze arthritic manifestations in Behcet disease, which is one of the most common manifestations of Behcet disease. METHODS Among the patients who visited the Rheumatology Division, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Taegu, Korea from March 1997 to February 1998, 35 patients, with more than 3 months follow-up, were compatible for the diagnosis of Behcet disease accord...

the pathergy phenomenon (pp) is one of the hallmarks of behcet's disease (bd). it has been reported to be positive from 17.5% to 83% of cases in different studies. pp is used as a diagnosis criterion in the dilsen criteria, the japan criteria, the international criteria, and the iran criteria. it is therefore important to know wether pp is a fix manifestation of the disease or a cyclic manifest...

the skin hyperreactivity, detected by the pathergy test, is a well known phenomenon in behcet's disease. two different methods were used for the pathergy test. a) a needle prick, b) an intadermal injection of normal saline. in this study 83% of behcet's patients had a positive pathergy test. where as 44% was of pustule type and 39% of papule type. in 26% of patients the papule formati...