BEHCETS-DISEASE AND THE NEUROPATHIC BLADDER - URODYNAMIC FEATURES - CASE-REPORT AND A LITERATURE-REVIEW

We report on a 16-year old patient with a neuropathic bladder secondar y to Behcet's disease, which is an uncommon vasculitis usually involvi ng venules. The genitourinary manifestations of this disease are discu ssed, a neuropathic bladder being a rare complication of the involveme nt of the nervous system. Urodynamic assessment is important when void ing dysfunction is present; three patients previously reported reveale d a bladder function changing from normal detrusor to overactivity. Ou r patient showed early and severe involvement of the nervous system, a nd detrusor areflexia two years after the onset of the disease. Sponta neous voiding was restored two months after urological management (int ermittent catheterization) was started.