Involvement of Nervous System in Behcet's Syndrome

Cytological examination of cerebrospinal fluid in eight patients with neuro-Behcet's disease.

“…Among a variety of abnormal findings concerning blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in this disease which have been pointed out, it has been reported that pleocytosis in CSF, one of the CSF abnormalities. also exists in many cases (Wolf et al 1965;Shimizu 1972 The present paper reports the results obtained along with some comment.…”

“…However, Wolf et al (1965) studied 53 out of 64 cases in the literature and reported that the percentage was the same for polymorphonuclear cells and lymphocytes. Shimizu (1972) obtained similar results.…”

Cerebral venous thrombosis in Behçet's disease

“…Since the earliest reports, it has been known that neuro-BD has a high mortality rate, and in the 1960s this was estimated to be ϳ25% within the first year after neurologic onset (37). In more recent series of neuro-BD, the mortality rate was nearly 10% (7,8).…”

Behcet's Disease in Saudi Arabia

“…Neurologic manifestations were greater in severity and frequency in our study than in the others. 3,11,[13][14][15] On the other hand, there appear to have been more psychiatric manifestations in Kuwait 14 than either Riyadh or Iraq. 15 These differences may reflect an interest in the respective specialties in the different institutions.…”