• Medicina clinica · Jun 2020

    Case Reports

    Neurological manifestations of Behçet's disease: Study of 57 patients.

    • Neera Toledo-Samaniego, Francisco Galeano-Valle, Paula Ascanio-Palomares, Blanca González-Martínez, Andrea Valencia-Kruszyna, and Pablo Demelo-Rodríguez.
    • Unidad de Enfermedad Tromboembólica Venosa, Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España. Electronic address: neera.toledo@gmail.com.
    • Med Clin (Barc). 2020 Jun 26; 154 (12): 488-492.

    IntroductionPrevalence of neurological involvement in Behçet's disease (BD) varies between studies and is associated with high morbimortality. Neurological involvement is classified as parenchymal and non-parenchymal involvement (vascular involvement). Treatment of neurological involvement consists of immunosuppressants. Evidence regarding presentation and outcomes in neuro-Behçet's (NB) is scarce.MethodsObservational retrospective study that included consecutive patients diagnosed with BD between 2006 and 2019 in a tertiary hospital of Madrid.ResultsFifty-seven patients were included with a mean follow-up of 7.83 (±6.98) years. The mean age at diagnosis of BD and first NB episode was 34.7 (± 12.1) and 31.03 (±9.9) years, respectively. Fifty-six NB episodes were registered in 25 patients. Fever (OR 3.39, CI 95% 1.14-10.15) and pseudofolliculitis (OR 4.06, CI 95% 1.11-14.80) were associated to NB. Trigeminal neuralgia was found in 16% (4/25) of patients.ConclusionThe prevalence of NB in patients with BD was higher than previously described. Fever and pseudofolliculitis were more frequently associated with NB, with low mortality during follow-up.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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