Single center study on ethnic and clinical features of Behcet’s disease in Moscow, Russia

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Lennikov ◽  
Zemfira Alekberova ◽  
Regina Goloeva ◽  
Nobuyoshi Kitaichi ◽  
Lev Denisov ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
F Topaloglu Demir ◽  
O Yontem ◽  
E Dervis ◽  
K Koc ◽  
OY Hacımustafaoglu ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Esra Bağlan ◽  
Semanur Özdel ◽  
Tülin Güngör ◽  
Deniz Karakaya ◽  
Evra Çelikkaya ◽  
...  

Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. It is characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcerations, uveitis, and skin lesions, various musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, central nervous system, and vascular manifestations. The aim of this study was to analyse the demographic characteristics and clinical features, treatment in Turkish paediatric BD from a single center experience. The records of 36 patients with BD who were diagnosed according to the International Study Group criteria between January 2017 and January 2019 in the department of paediatric rheumatology, were retrospectively reviewed. Data on demographic, clinical features and therapy were collected. A total of 36 (19 male) patients were included in this study. Mean age at disease onset was 9.36±4.45 years and mean age at diagnosis 13.99±2.83 years. The frequencies of signs/symptoms were: recurrent oral aphtosis 100%, genital ulcers 80.6%, musculoskeletal 30.6%, ocular 16.7%, neurological 11.1% and vascular involvement 11.1%, gastrointestinal 2.8%. Colchicine and corticosteroids were the main treatments. In this single-center retrospective study, we analyzed the data of paediatric BD and their treatment from a single center in Turkey. The presented small series and the literature review suggest that paediatric BD is a heterogeneous disease with varied clinical manifestations.


Vascular ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-833
Author(s):  
Demet Yalçın Kehribar ◽  
Metin Ozgen

Objective This study aims to investigate the efficacy and reliability of infliximab treatment in Behcet’s disease with vascular involvement. Methods This single-center retrospective study included a total of 18 patients diagnosed with Behcet’s disease with vascular involvement who were initiated infliximab treatment after exhibiting resistance to conventional immunosuppressive treatments. Results Seventeen patients achieved remission with infliximab treatment. While 18 patients were receiving a median of 50 (IQR: 20–61) mg/day equivalent of methylprednisolone before infliximab treatment, after infliximab treatment, only four patients were receiving 4 mg/day equivalent of methylprednisolone ( p < 0.001). Only 4 patients were receiving oral anticoagulant treatment during infliximab treatment, and compared to the patients who were not receiving oral anticoagulants, there was no significant difference between the two groups according to occurrence of new vascular events. Conclusion Infliximab seems to be an effective and reliable treatment in Behcet’s disease with vascular involvement and may also allow reduced dosage or even the discontinuation of corticosteroids. The results of our study suggest that oral anticoagulant use is unnecessary in Behcet’s disease with vascular involvement. However, further long-term randomized controlled studies are needed to investigate the length of infliximab regimen, whether or not it should be discontinued, and if so, whether or not immunosuppressants should be given as maintenance after discontinuation.


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