A case of Behçet’s disease complicated by bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Won Lim ◽  
Shin Hee Kang
Keyword(s):  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Ischemic Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet's Disease ◽  
Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Suspected Simultaneous Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in a Patient with Behçet's Disease

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Yamauchi ◽  
Jose M.C. Cruz ◽  
Henry J. Kaplan ◽  
Hiroshi Goto ◽  
Jun-ichi Sakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Ischemic Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet's Disease

scholarly journals Inflammatory optic neuropathy in Behçet’s disease

Reumatismo ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Khanfir ◽  
N. Belfeki ◽  
F. Said ◽  
T. Ben Salem ◽  
I. Ben Ghorbel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Field ◽  
Evoked Potentials ◽  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Visual Evoked Potentials ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Behcet's Disease ◽  
Visual Evoked

Inflammatory optic neuropathy (ON) is a rare event in Behçet’s disease (BD). We report herein a series of ten BD Tunisian patients with ON and describe its clinical features among them. A retrospective review of BD patients (International Study Group for BD criteria) was performed. The patients were divided into two groups: those presenting an inflammatory ON, and those none. The diagnosis of inflammatory ON was based on the clinical examination, visual field and visual evoked potentials. We analyzed the characteristics of the two groups. Ten patients (2.3%) presented an inflammatory ON among our 440 patients. Inflammatory ON was inaugural in 8 cases. Clinical manifestations were as follows: blurred vision (7 cases) and periorbital pain (3 cases). In two cases, the patients did not complain from ophthalmological symptoms. The fundus revealed a papilledema (2 cases), papillary pallor (4 cases), and was normal in 5 cases. Visual field realized in only three patients showed a scotoma in all cases. Visual evoked potentials revealed increased latency in all cases. All patients received corticosteroids associated to an immunosuppressive agent. The comparative study between the two groups revealed that inflammatory ON was significantly more associated to neurological involvement (p<0.0001) and that the disease was more severe in the ON group (p<0.0001). Inflammatory ON in BD is rare and may occur at an early stage of the clinical course of the disease. Its prevalence is certainly underestimated. A systematic visual evoked potential may be interesting as a screening tool.

Isolated optic neuropathy in a case of Behçet’s disease

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru N. Çetin ◽  
Volkan Yaylalı ◽  
Cem Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Behcet's Disease

Optic neuropathy in Behçet's disease. Report of two cases

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Salvi ◽  
M. Mascalchi ◽  
R. Malatesta ◽  
I. Olivieri ◽  
C. Molinotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Behcet's Disease

scholarly journals Acute Optic Neuropathy Developing During the Course of Behçet's Disease

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Muhittin Taskapili ◽  
Gokhan Gulkilik ◽  
Selim Kocabora
Keyword(s):  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Behcet's Disease

Acute Optic Neuropathy in Patients with Behçet’s Disease

2006 ◽  
Vol 220 (6) ◽  
pp. 400-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerasimos M. Voros ◽  
Sukhpal S. Sandhu ◽  
Ranjeet Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Behcet's Disease

Coagulation and Fibrinolytic Activity in Behçet's Disease

1991 ◽  
Vol 66 (03) ◽  
pp. 292-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
K K Hampton ◽  
M A Chamberlain ◽  
D K Menon ◽  
J A Davies
Keyword(s):  
Plasminogen Activator ◽  
Tissue Plasminogen Activator ◽  
Behçet’S Disease ◽  
Fibrinolytic Activity ◽  
Behcet’S Disease ◽  
Behçet's Disease ◽  
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor ◽  
Behcet's Disease ◽  
Tissue Plasminogen ◽  
Von Willebrand

SummaryCoagulation and fibrinolytic activities were studied in 18 subjects with Behçet's disease and compared with results from 14 matched control patients suffering from sero-negative arthritis. Significantly higher plasma concentrations (median and range) were found in Behçet's patients for the following variables: fibrinogen 3.7 (1.7-6.9) vs 3.0 (2.0-5.1) g/1, p <0.05; von Willebrand factor antigen, 115 (72-344) vs 74 (60-119)%, p <0.002; plasminogen activator activity (106/ECLT2) 219 (94-329) vs 137 (78-197) units, p <0.002; tissue plasminogen activator inhibitor (t-PA-I) activity, 9.1 (5.5-19.3) vs 5.1 (1.8-12.0) IU/ml, p <0.002; and PAI-1 antigen, 13.9 (4.5-20.9) vs 6.4 (2.4-11.1) ng/ml, p <0.002. Protein C antigen was significantly lower: 97 (70-183) vs 126 (96-220)%, p <0.02. No differences were observed in antithrombin III activity or antigen, factor VIII coagulant activity, fibrinopeptides A and Bβ15-42, plasminogen, α-2-antiplasmin, functional and immunological tissue-plasminogen activator, thrombin-antithrombin complexes and D-dimer. Levels of tissue plasminogen activator inhibitor (activity and antigen) correlated with disease activity while fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor concentrations did not. Seven of the 18 subjects with Behçet's disease had suffered thrombotic events but it was not possible to distinguish these from the 11 patients without thrombosis using the assays performed. The results suggest the abnormal fibrinolytic activity in Behçet's disease is due to increased inhibition of tissue plasminogen activator. No abnormality of coagulation or fibrinolytic activity specific to Behçet's disease was detected.

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