P 037 Clinical and biological aspects of neuro-Behçet's in Tunisia

Evaluation of clinical findings according to sex in 2313 Turkish patients with Behçet's disease

“…The prevalence of neurologic involvement was 2.5 times higher in males than females. The higher frequency of neurologic involvement in male patients has also been reported in previous studies 6,30–32 . On the other hand Yazıcı et al 9 .…”

“…Neurologic involvement was observed in 2.3% of our patients presenting with central motor paresis, brain stem and cerebella symptoms. The most common neurologic symptom among patients with Behçet's disease is headache 30 . With descending frequency, headache, weakness, and alteration of consciousness and behavior were present in our patients.…”

Neuro-Behçet Disease

“…30,32,102,[112][113][114] Visual-evoked-potential abnormalities occur with ocular involvement of Behçet disease. 115 Brainstem-auditory-evokedpotential abnormalities include absence of or decreased amplitude of waves III and/or V or prolonged wave I to III or III to V interpeak latencies.…”

Neuro-Behçet disease presented diplopia with hemiparesis following minor head trauma

“…Hentati et al suggested terms 'probable neuro-Behçet' and 'possible neuro-Behçet' for such cases14). Akman-Demir et al15) reported neurologic onset before any other symptom of BD was seen in 3% of the cases.…”