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--- behcets [2020/01/24 21:48] – Scott Larson
+++ behcets [2025/06/03 03:12] (current) – [Ocular Findings] Scott Larson
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-====== Behçet's Disease ======
+====== Behçet Disease ======
-  * Inflammatory disorder of blood vessels characterized by:
+  * Systemic vascular inflammatory disorder affecting skin, mucous membranes, eyes, lungs, GI tract and CNS. It is characterized by:
     * Mouth sores- aphthous ulcers usually first sign
     * Genital sores- (75%) small ulcers on scrotum or labia
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     * Also puss filled bumps in the skin
     * Arthritis
+  * Typically symptoms start in the 20's or 30's
+====Ocular Findings====
     * Ocular Inflammation (66%)
       * Conjunctivitis
       * Uveitis
+        * Hypopion
         * Panuveitis with vasculitis
-    * Rare associations
+    * Complications of uveitis
-      * inflammation of the brain or spinal cord
+          * cataracts, synechiae, band keratopathy
-      * blood clots, aneurism, GI vasculitis
+====Other More Rare Findings====
-    * Typically symptoms start in the 20's or 30's
+  * Inflammation of the brain or spinal cord
+  * blood clots, aneurism, GI vasculitis
+====Etiology====
+  * Unknown autoimmune disorder
+  * Associated with the HLA-B51/B5 allele
+    * 57% of people with this genotype have Behçet syndrome
+====Resources====
+[[https://www-clinicalkey-com.slhs.idm.oclc.org/#!/content/clinical_overview/67-s2.0-0dc07703-d4fd-4a55-a3b1-e8d2954751c7|Clinical Key Monograph]]
+{{tag>syndrome uveitis}}

syndrome uveitis