[Venous involvement in Behcet's disease: a series of 28 cases].
BACKGROUND
Venous involvement is a rare and severe clinical feature in Behcet disease (BD).


OBJECTIVE
We reported our experience with a rare and interesting subset of BD patients with venous involvement.


METHODS
From 1994 to 2008, twenty eight cases of venous BD were found amongst BD patients in the department of internal medicine of Habib Thameur Hospital.


RESULTS
45 episodes of venous thrombosis occurred in 28 patients. There were 25 men and 3 women the mean age when venous involvement manifested was diagnosed was about 32.25. Venous thrombosis occur in the first five years following the diagnosis of BD. Pericarditis was more frequently noted in patients with venous BD than others without vasculo-Behcet disease. In contrast digestive and rheumatologic symptoms were more likely observed in patients without vasculo-Behcet disease. Thirteen patients underwent corticosteroids. Relapses occurred more frequently in patients without corticosteroid therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
Venous involvement is more frequently noted in vasculo-Behcet than arterial involvement. Its treatment should include anticoagulation in association with corticosteroids.
Jamoussi
Sonia Ketari
SK
Service de médecine interne, hôpital Habib Thameur, Tunis Tunisie.
Chaaba
Hatem
H
Ben Dhaou
Besma
B
Kochbati
Samir
S
Boussema
Fatma
F
Cherif
Ouahida
O
Rokbani
Lilia
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult