Epidemiological and clinical features of BehÇet's disease in Korea

Bang, Dongsik; Yoon, Kyung Hee; Chung, Han Gil; Choi, Eung Ho; Lee, Eun‐So; Lee, Sungnack

doi:10.3349/ymj.1997.38.6.428

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“…This figure is (45:1,000) in the Camas study [3], and (144:1,000) in the Istanbul study [5]. Thus, as we emphasized before [13], the prevalence studies in Turkey do not support the findings from Korea, which reported that about 50% of individuals with oral ulceration go on to develop BD [123].…”

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The prevalences of some rheumatic diseases in western Turkey: Havsa study

et al. 2011

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To study the prevalence major rheumatic diseases in western Turkey. This survey was conducted in Havsa which have a total population of 18,771. Physicians and interns visited every household, interviewed face to face a questionnaire about the symptoms of rheumatic disorders. The individuals replied positively to any question were examined at the nearest health center. Those have no objective findings related to any rheumatic diseases were excluded. People could not be clinically diagnosed were asked to come to the hospital for further evaluation. A total 17,835 of 18,771 residents participated. We estimated the prevalence of Behçet's Disease (BD) as 0.019%; ankylosing spondylitis: 0.120%; rheumatoid arthritis: 0.321%; knee osteoarthritis (OA): 5.351%; hand OA: 1.110%; hand and knee OA: 1.958%; total OA: 8.420%; primary Raynaud's: 1.192%; psoriasis: 0.424 %; psoriatic arthritis: 0.050%; rheumatic fever: 0.318%; rheumatic heart disease: 0.200%; inflammatory bowel disease: 0.023%; lupus: 0.059%; gout: 0.018%; systemic sclerosis: 0.022%; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: 0.032%; temporal arteritis: 0.020%, and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) as 0.006%. Figures were adjusted for age-sex of the general Turkish population. The prevalence's of BD and FMF are considerably lower in Havsa as compared to other regions in Turkey.

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The prevalences of some rheumatic diseases in western Turkey: Havsa study

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“…[12] The mean age of disease onset in our study (27.4 years) was lower than that reported previously from India by Pande et al, (33.1 yrs), [7] [ Table 2]. In contrast to previous Indian series [7][8][9] and in accordance with United States, Korea and Brazil, [13][14][15] we noted a female predominance (23/29) [ Table 2]. Male predominance has been reported by other countries also.…”

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Behcet′s disease in India: A dermatological perspective

Singal¹,

Chhabra²,

Pandhi³

et al. 2013

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol

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“…Oral ulcer, which is the major sign mandatory for the diagnosis, may appear later than other signs and symptoms in 13.5 4 27 of patients. 3,17,32 Also, oral ulcers in Behc¸et disease may not repeat itself more than 3 times in a year as required by the ISG criteria. 8,9 There may also be ethnic differences of low positive rate of pathergy test in Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.…”

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Cardiac Behçet Disease Presenting as Aortic Valvulitis/Aortitis or Right Heart Inflammatory Mass: A Clinicopathologic Study of 12 Cases

Lee¹,

Park²,

Hwang³

et al. 2008

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

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Behçet disease is an inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology showing diverse clinical presentations. Cardiac involvement is a critical problem that requires a timely diagnosis and management. However, clinicopathologic features have not been characterized clearly. Here, we present clinicopathologic characteristics of this uncommon disease. Patients included 8 males and 4 females, ranging from 24 to 52 years old. They were presented with abrupt heart failure and were mostly diagnosed as having cardiac Behçet disease later in the course. Upon echocardiography, 8 patients showed severe aortic regurgitation with redundant prolapsing aortic cusps and 4 patients showed irregular mass lesions in the right ventricular cavity. No one had both lesions. The aortic root was also involved with aortic valvulitis, showing severe mixed acute and chronic inflammation of various stages. There were frequent microabscess and extensive endothelial loss with fibrinous deposit. The right heart lesions showed similar histopathologic features. Four patients who initially underwent simple aortic valve replacement developed serious postoperative complications requiring reoperations. No serious complications developed after the treatment was changed to a replacement of aortic root with extensive debridement and concomitant immunosuppressive therapy. Cardiac Behçet disease is presented as aortic valvulitis/aortitis or inflammatory mass lesion. Characteristic echocardiographic and pathologic findings seem to be helpful for the timely diagnosis of this critical disease.

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Epidemiological and clinical features of BehÇet's disease in Korea

Cited by 89 publications

References 23 publications

The prevalences of some rheumatic diseases in western Turkey: Havsa study

The prevalences of some rheumatic diseases in western Turkey: Havsa study

Behcet′s disease in India: A dermatological perspective

Cardiac Behçet Disease Presenting as Aortic Valvulitis/Aortitis or Right Heart Inflammatory Mass: A Clinicopathologic Study of 12 Cases

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