Deep venous thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis causing double crush sciatic neuropathy in Behçet's disease.
We report here the case of a 18-year-old young man with Behçet's disease who had suffered deep venous thrombosis of the right femoral and popliteal veins. Consequently, right sciatic nerve injury, drop foot and tightness of the achilles tendon also ensued. The clinical scenario was further challenged by demonstration of the agenetic inferior vena cava and epidural vein dilatations compressing the lumbar nerve roots. To the best notice of the authors, this is the first patient encompassing all these complications in the literature concerning Behçet's disease.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Murat
M
Kara
Levent
L
Ozçakar
Güneş
G
Eken
Gülsen
G
Ozen
Sedat
S
Kiraz
D000293:Adolescent; D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012585:Sciatica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000588:Amines; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D014859:Warfarin; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006493:Heparin; D007372:Interferons; D003078:Colchicine