Cerebral vein thrombosis in Behçet's disease.
Behçet's disease is a chronic, relapsing multisystem disorder, and nervous system involvement is one of the serious manifestations. Neuro-Behçet is rarely reported in children and may present with a wide variety of symptoms because the entire neuraxis may be affected. A case of cerebral vein thrombosis secondary to Behçet's disease is presented. The patient has recovered without any visual loss and had no complaints at 1-year follow-up.
Alper
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Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yilmaz
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Ekinci
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Köse
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D000293:Adolescent; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D020227:Lateral Sinus Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology