PMID: 29998839Jul 13, 2018Paper

Paediatric Behçet's disease in Iran: report of 204 cases

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Farhad ShahramFereydoun Davatchi

Abstract

This study proposed to report the characteristics of paediatric Behçet's disease (PED-BD) in a cohort of patients from Iran's registry and compare them with different reports throughout the world. From a cohort of 7504 Iranian patients with Behçet's disease those diagnosed before the age of 16 years were included in this study. Data were collected on a standard protocol comprising 105 items, including demographic features, type of presentation, and different clinical and laboratory findings. PED-BD was seen in 2.7% of patients. The male/female ratio was 1.02/1, and the mean age at onset was 10.5±3.4. Positive familial history was present in 9.9%. As a first manifestation, oral aphthosis was the most frequent (75%) followed by ocular lesions in 19.1%. The prevalence rates of various manifestations were as follows: oral aphthosis: 91.7%; genital ulcer: 42.2%; skin: 51.5% (pseudofolliculitis: 43.1%, erythema nodosum: 10.3%); ocular lesions: 66.2% (anterior uveitis 52%, posterior uveitis 58.3%, retinal vasculitis 39.7%); articular manifestations: 30.9%; neurological involvement: 4.9%; vascular involvement: 6.4% (venous 4.9%, arterial 2.5%); gastrointestinal manifestations: 5.9%; epididymo-orchitis: 8.7% (boys); high ESR (≥20): 50.8...Continue Reading

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