title: Urological aspects of Behçet's disease.
abstract: Behçet's disease, affecting mostly young males in the Mediterranean countries and Japan, is a multi-system disease with urological manifestations. In this prospective study of 100 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed Behçet's disease, we found that 89% of the males had experienced scrotal ulceration and 6% had epididymitis. We also observed sterile urethritis in 3%. Other urological abnormalities appeared to be coincidental findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kirkali
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yigitbasi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sasmaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012611:Scrotum; D014456:Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis; D014567:Urography; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*