Meningo⊝encephalitis of Behçet’s Disease: Case Report With Pathological Findings

The Pathological Presentations of Neuro-Behçet Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…15,17 Glial infiltration can also be present. 7,8,10,13,15,17 tration, observed in our patient, has also been reported by other authors. 5,8,11,16 The most controversial issue is on the presence of necrosis.…”

Behçlet syndrome with myositis

“…Cadman (5) described myalgias of the proximal limb muscle of their patient with a normal SGOT. Several authors (14,19) have reported no muscle abnormalities at pathologic examinations. Hamza et a1 (20) have described 22 patients with Behqet's syndrome, 5 of whom had changes noted on muscle biopsy.…”

Transient involvement of the cerebral cortex in a flare of Behçet’s syndrome

“…Parenchymal NBD shows a predilection for the brainstem, thalami, and basal ganglia, and is characterized by variable neuropathologic features such as perivascular inWltrates of neutrophils, T lymphocytes and macrophages, aVecting mainly small or medium-sized veins with or without thrombus formation, apoptosis of neurons, multifocal foci of necrosis, accumulation of microglia, glial scars as well as leptomeningeal changes with lymphocytic inWltrates and Wbrosis [2][3][4]. The white matter is more frequently aVected than the gray matter.…”