Brain biopsy to aid diagnosis of neuro-Behçet's disease: Case report and literature review

Central nervous system involvement in Behçet's disease (Neuro-Behçet's disease: NBD) has been reported to present diverse clinical and pathological manifestations. A few cases presenting with neurological symptoms preceding other systemic features are difficult to be diagnosed. Here we sug...

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Autores principales: Yamada, Hiroki, Saito, Kazuyuki, Hokari, Mitsuhiko, Toru, Shuta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensci.2017.06.001
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Sumario:Central nervous system involvement in Behçet's disease (Neuro-Behçet's disease: NBD) has been reported to present diverse clinical and pathological manifestations. A few cases presenting with neurological symptoms preceding other systemic features are difficult to be diagnosed. Here we suggest the clinical benefit of brain biopsy with a case of NBD initially presenting neurological symptoms.

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