title: Neuro-Behçet's disease involving the pons with initial onset of affective symptoms.
abstract: We report a case with Behçet's disease with initial onset of affective symptoms. This disease most commonly affects the brain stem in the nervous system, but a large lesion is very rare in the pons; initial onset of affective symptoms has not yet been reported in literature. This case was treated successfully with corticosteroids. Total clinical improvement was observed and the lesion was reduced in size within nine months (1.5 x 1.3 cm to 0.2 x 0.4 cm).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. naydin@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kirpinar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone