Cerebral infarct in pediatric neuro-Behçet's disease.
Behçet's disease is a multisystem inflammatory vasculitic disorder with a chronic course for which the etiology is unknown. The central nervous system can be affected in 5% to 30% of all Behçet patients, yet it has been rarely reported in children or in Western countries. We describe a 14-year-old girl with Behçet's disease that presented initially as a cerebral infarct without venous sinus thrombosis.
Atkinson
Marie
M
Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA. matkinso@dmc.org
Moore
Ellen
E
Altinok
Deniz
D
Acsadi
Gyula
G
D000293:Adolescent; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods