Whole thoracal spinal cord involvement in case of neuro-Behçet's disease

Rheumatol Int. 2009 Apr;29(6):707-9. doi: 10.1007/s00296-008-0752-z. Epub 2008 Nov 4.

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory, multisystem vasculitis. Neurological involvement is one of the most serious manifestations of Behçet's disease. Although brain stem and diencephelon are the most affected areas in neuro-Behçet's disease, spinal cord involvement are rarely seen. We report a case of paraplegia caused by completely thoracic cord involvement of Behçet's disease in a 20-year-old woman.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Azathioprine / therapeutic use
  • Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Behcet Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Colchicine / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gout Suppressants / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / adverse effects
  • Paraplegia / etiology
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Gout Suppressants
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Azathioprine
  • Colchicine