title: Neurologic involvement in Behçet's syndrome. A prospective study.
abstract: We investigated the prevalence and type of neurologic involvement in Behçet's syndrome in a prospective protocol. Of 323 consecutive patients with Behçet's syndrome seen during a 12-month period, 46 underwent neurologic evaluation because of headaches and/or neurologic symptoms and signs. Only 17 (5.3%) were found to have involvement of the nervous system. Hemispheric lesions were as common as brain-stem involvement. Headaches were of no clinical importance unless accompanied by other neurologic findings. Computed tomographic scans were of little diagnostic help. After 12 +/- 4 (SD) months of follow-up, only three patients showed worsening of their neurologic findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Turkey.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serdaroğlu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yurdakul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aktin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies