title: Cortical and cerebellar atrophy, but no lesion in a patient with neuro-Behçet's disease.
abstract: Neuro-Behçet's disease (NBD) is a rare clinical entity. There are no reports about cortical atrophy in NBD. We report a patient with NBD exhibiting only cortical and cerebellar atrophy without any lesions. A 38-year-old male was hospitalized due to gait disorder. He had experienced forgetfulness, irritability, sexual and behavioral dyscontrol, and incontinence for 5 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed cortical and cerebellar atrophy, but there were no lesions. In the differential diagnosis of NBD, physicians should take into account the presence of both brainstem and cerebellar and cortical atrophy even in the absence of typical lesions for NBD, particularly in the presence of cognitive dysfunctions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. asumanorhan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Asuman Orhan
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Varoglu
authors.forename: Asude
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Idris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kocatürk
authors.forename: Ayfer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ertekin
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koplay
authors.forename: Faruk Omer
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Odabas
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozbek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male