Elif Kazancı1, Hüseyin Gülen2, Ayşe Erbay3, Canan Vergin4 1Clinics of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Dr. Behçet Uz Children’s Hospital, İzmir, Turkey 2Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Pediatric, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey 3Clinics of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Dr. Behçet Uz Children’s Hospital, İzmir, Turkey 4Clinics of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Dr. Behçet Uz ...

BACKGROUND Superficial vein thrombophlebitis is the common vascular symptom in Behçet disease and is characterized as erythema nodosum-like eruptions. Some studies have reported the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (Abs) in patients with Behçet disease. OBSERVATIONS We measured lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin, anti-beta(2)-glycoprotein I, and antiphosphatidylserine-prothrombin com...

Intradermal tests were compared among 4 groups of Behçet's disease, other uveitis caused by unknown agent, sarcoidosis and SLE. The size of indurations of PPD, SK-SD and Candida was the largest in Behçet, followed by other uveitis, sarcoidosis and SLE in a descending order. Pustule formation was frequently seen in Behçet and other uveitis, in contrast to low incidence in sarcoidosis and not at ...

Introduction The child’s history reveals frequent faringitis accompanied by oral lesions (4-5 episodes/year), billatreal ankle joint swelling and weight loss. Behçet disease (BD) is characterized by a triple-symptom complex of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and uveitis. Hippocrates may have described Behçet disease in the fifth century BC; however, the first description of the ...

Clinical comparisons were made between Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis (66 cases) and neuro-Behçet's syndrome (23 cases). Those with neuro-Behçet showed marked male predominance, while those with multiple sclerosis showed slight female preponderance. Both showed encephalomyelopathy disseminated in time and space. Patients with multiple sclerosis, however, showed a more polyphasic cour...

INTRODUCTION Behçet disease is a multisystemic chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. However, particularly part of patients would present cardiovascular involvements and vascular lesions could be the presenting sign of Behçet disease preceding classical symptoms. We presented a middle aged male patient, in whom ...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effectiveness of infliximab in patients with neuro-Behçet syndrome for whom other immunosuppressive medications had failed. METHODS Patients whose common immunosuppressive medications fail in recurrent neuro-Behçet syndrome need an alternative. We report our experience with the tumor necrosis factor α blocker infliximab for long-term treatment of neuro-Behçet syndro...

PURPOSE Changes in concentrations of acute phase proteins in the serum of patients might be significant in the pathogenesis of Behçet disease. This report investigates the association between ocular disease activity and serum haptoglobin levels in patients with Behçet disease, and summarizes the current understanding of the correlation between acute phase proteins and Behçet disease based on bo...

A 53-year-old man with Behçet disease was treated with conventional cyclosporin A (CyA), because of refractory bilateral uveitis. Immediately following the conversion from conventional CyA to a microemulsion formulation, he presented with neurological complications. The neurological findings, pleocytosis of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brainstem lesions revealed by brain magnetic resonance...

Résumé L'objectif était de déterminer les caractéristiques cliniques, thérapeutiques et pronostiques de l'atteinte oculaire chez les patients atteints de la maladie de Behçet, pris en charge dans notre service d'ophtalmologie. Nous présentons une étude rétrospective d'une série de 20 patients colligés à l'hôpital militaire de Laâyoune. Les patients ont bénéficié d'un examen ophtalmologique comp...