Erschienen in:
24.03.2015 | Correspondence
Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration Secondary to Neuro-Behçet’s Disease
verfasst von:
W.A. Martins, MD, L.P. Schilling, MD, F.K. Neto, MD, J. Becker, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Excerpt
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by intense inflammatory perivasculitis [
1]. It mainly affects the skin and mucous membranes, leading to recurrent oral and genital ulcers, skin lesions, and uveitis [
1‐
3]. Neurological involvement in BD is rare and occurs most often in the set of systemic disease [
1‐
5]. Several neurological syndromes may ensue, but meningoencephalitis is the most common, representing 75 % of central nervous system lesions [
1]. Rhombencephalitis is usually the main clinical picture, but there is also inflammatory damage to the thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum and cerebral cortex, a combination known as brainstem-plus sign [
6]. …