A CLINICAL CASE OF NEURO-BEHCET SYNDROME WITHOUT MUCOCUTANEO-OCULAR SYMPTOMS - RELATIONSHIP WITH BRAIN-STEM ENCEPHALITIS

Authors
KAWANISHI Y HORI T SUZUKI T MIZUKAMI K SASAKI M SHIRAISHI H
Citation
Y. Kawanishi et al., A CLINICAL CASE OF NEURO-BEHCET SYNDROME WITHOUT MUCOCUTANEO-OCULAR SYMPTOMS - RELATIONSHIP WITH BRAIN-STEM ENCEPHALITIS, PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES, 49(5-6), 1995, pp. 263-266
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences,Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES → ACNP
ISSN journal
13231316
Volume
49
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
263 - 266
Database
ISI
SICI code
1323-1316(1995)49:5-6<263:ACCONS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The case of a 50 year old man with personality changes, dementia, and brain stem symptoms is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dis closed high signal areas mainly in the brain stem. Both a positive ski n prick test and an HLA-B51 were demonstrated. These clinical findings were suggestive of neuro-Behcet syndrome, although there were no muco cutaneo-ocular symptoms characteristically associated with this diseas e. The relationship between neuro-Behcet syndrome and brain stem encep halitis, including a discrimination from multiple sclerosis, is discus sed.