Neuro-Behcet's: a diagnostic challenge

Behcet's disease (BD) is characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers and uveitis. It is also known to affect various organs; however, central nervous system involvement is rare and may cause parenchymal or vascular lesions with distinct clinical syndromes. Various viral encephalitides ar...

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Autores principales: Mohan, Mithun Cherakara, Koya, Jassim Mohhamed, Kandaswamy, Gopinath Vadakkupatty Palaniyandi, Jaleel, Venmadathayil Abdul, Jimnaz, Parammal Ambadi, Manjuhasan, Sreerag, Ravindran, Vinod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26421157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omv046
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Sumario:Behcet's disease (BD) is characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers and uveitis. It is also known to affect various organs; however, central nervous system involvement is rare and may cause parenchymal or vascular lesions with distinct clinical syndromes. Various viral encephalitides are important differential diagnoses. MRI may aid the correct diagnosis. This case report describes a patient with acute severe neurological involvement due to neuro-BD.

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