scholarly journals Papilloedema in Behcet's disease: value of MRI in diagnosis of dural sinus thrombosis.

1991 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 826-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
K M el-Ramahi ◽  
M Z al-Kawi
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Elshahaly ◽  
Iman Abd El Latif ◽  
Hassan Bassiouni

Objective: To describe the clinical features in patients with Behcet’s disease suffering from uveitis in Egypt and to compare the findings between both genders. Methods: 453 subjects fulfilling the 1990 Classification criteria for Behcet’s disease and with uveitis in at least one eye. Follow-up was done for two years. Results: Oral ulcers and recurrent iridocyclitis occurred in all patients during their disease course. The prevalence of genital ulcers, erythema nodosum, and joint involvement were similar between both sexes. The prevalence of all ocular findings was higher in females except for retinal hemorrhages. The incidence of secondary cataract and glaucoma in addition to vitreous opacities was similar between both sexes. 13.7% of patients had GIT manifestations. Vascular complications were present in 128 (28.2%) patients. : Aseptic meningitis and hemiplegia were only found in males. 1.7% of males and 3.2% of females suffered from brainstem involvement. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was present in females only. Acute phase reactants (ESR & CRP) were significantly higher in females (p<0.0001). Conclusion: The disease characteristics of BD patients with uveitis in Egypt might be different from the BD patients of other countries. The markers of inflammation were higher in females compared to males. The ocular manifestations were more common in females.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
F. Pérez-Bartolomé ◽  
C. Sanz-Pozo ◽  
S. Darío Rosati ◽  
E. Santos-Bueso ◽  
J. Porta-Etessam

Author(s):  
Aanchal Mehta ◽  
Julien Al Shakarchi ◽  
Lewis Meecham ◽  
Santhosh Vijay ◽  
Richard Downing

AbstractBehcet's disease (BD) is a rare multiorgan systemic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of acute inflammation. Involvement of the vascular system, gastrointestinal tract, and central nervous system portends a poor prognosis.We report the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with a 2-week history of symptoms attributable to infrarenal aortic and left tibioperoneal trunk pseudoaneurysms, defined by CT angiography which also revealed right lower lobe pulmonary artery (PA) and right anterior tibial arterial aneurysms. A prior history of recurrent oral ulceration, periodic fever, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, and aseptic endocarditis with pulmonary emboli invoked a diagnosis of BD. Immunosuppression was commenced immediately, following synchronous endovascular and open arterial intervention, except the PA aneurysm.He developed a fever and cough 8 days postoperatively as a consequence of COVID-19 infection from which he recovered without complications.The management of the patient's four aneurysms in different vascular territories and postoperative COVID-19 infection in the presence of mandatory immunosuppression are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 2050313X1876705
Author(s):  
Evelien Krumb ◽  
Chantal Lefebvre ◽  
André Peeters ◽  
Cédric Hermans

Behçet’s disease is an inflammatory disease, the origin of which still remains unclear, and it has multiple manifestations, one of them being thrombosis. In this report, we describe the case of a 24-year-old Moroccan patient who presented with headache persisting for more than 2 weeks, which was found to be caused by cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. His medical history of recurrent oral and genital ulcerations, epididymitis and one episode of pericarditis led to the diagnosis of Behçet’s disease. We could observe an almost complete relief of symptoms with colchicine therapy, and anticoagulation with warfarin was started for secondary prevention of thrombosis.


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