BD: Behçet disease CT: computed tomography EUS: endoscopic ultrasound scan GI: gastrointestinal BACKGROUND Behçet disease (BD) is a chronic idiopathic vasculitis characterized as a triad of papulopustular skin lesions, uveitis, and genital-oral ulcers. Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of BD are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, as mucosal inflammation and large vessel dis...

PURPOSE A rare case of unilateral retinal detachment due to a macular hole in a patient with Behçet disease is presented. METHODS Interventional case report. RESULTS A 31-year-old man with a 6-year history of Behçet disease presented with a relapse in his disease and received infliximab. Ten days later, as the inflammation subsided, a retinal detachment caused by a macular hole was diagnose...

erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 68 mm/h, and C-reactive protein level was 73 mg/L; cultures of blood and sputum were negative. Azathioprine and colchicine therapies were stopped, prednisone therapy (5 mg/d) was continued, and subcutaneous anakinra therapy (100 mg/d) was started. Within 7 to 10 days, there was a dramatic remission in fever, marked improvement in oral and genital ulcers, no ev...

OBJECTIVE To describe benign recurrent encephalitis in a case of Sweet syndrome that also showed clinical features of Behçet disease. CASE REPORT A 37-year-old Japanese man developed relapsing and remitting encephalitis and mucocutaneous symptoms mimicking Behçet disease. Magnetic resonance images showed at least 5 episodes of transient abnormal signal intensity in various cerebral regions ov...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of systemic interferon alfa treatment in patients with Adamantiades-Behçet disease. DATA SOURCES Reports and abstracts published in 1986 through 1997 in all languages were identified by the MEDLINE database, the Reference Index Related to Behcet's Disease, the Behçet disease conference proceedings, and abstract booklets. The indexing terms used Be...