title: [Behcet's disease: a rare cause of multifocal lesions in the central nervous system].
abstract: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disease characterized mainly by recurrent episodes of orogenital aphthae and uveitis. In 10-30% of cases relapsing multifocal neurological symptoms occur. The authors present a 54-year-old female patient with the central nervous system manifestation of clinically diagnosed BD. Based on the reported case diagnostic (in particular differential diagnosis with multiple sclerosis) and therapeutic problems of BD are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Neurologii, Akademia Medyczna w Białymstoku. drozdowski@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Borowik
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kułakowska
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Drozdowski
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000150:complications*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Choroba Behceta -- rzadka przyczyna zmian wieloogniskowych w ośrodkowym układzie nerwowym.