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Behçet’s disease in Brazilian patients: demographic and clinical features

Authors :
Rosemeire Holanda Ferraz
Manoel Barros Bertolo
Zoraida Sachetto
Lilian Teresa Lavras Costallat
Nazira Mahayri
Source :
Rheumatology International. 32:2063-2067
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics in patients diagnosed with Behçet's disease (BD) in Brazil. We performed a retrospective review of all the patients' records with BD diagnosed from 1988 to 2010 in the Rheumatology Department at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). All patients had to fulfill the International Study Group for Behçet's disease diagnostic criteria. Eighty-seven patients were included in the study. The female/male ratio was 1.18:1, and the mean age at the onset of the disease onset was 28.03 ± 7.57 years. Oral aphthosis was the most frequent manifestation (100%). Genital aphthosis was also frequent (77%), followed by pseudofolliculitis (47.67%). Ocular symptoms were present in 80% and neurological manifestations in 31.03% of the patients. Arthralgia was reported in 31.03% and arthritis in 13.79% of the cases. Vascular involvement was seen in 13.95% of the patients. Only 1.14% had gastrointestinal involvement. This series, from a South American country, showed a similar general pattern of the BD to those found in different endemic areas in the world, with a high frequency of ocular and neurological manifestations.

Details

ISSN :
1437160X and 01728172
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Rheumatology International
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7b9179c43a3c2ba67a97575b40fdbc2b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-1921-z