A case with Behçet's disease involving erosive Metacarpophalangeal joint arthritis: the value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of an Erosion.
BMC Med Imaging
; 20(1): 60, 2020 06 03.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-32493381
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic multisystemic vasculitis that may emerge with musculoskeletal system involvements, oral-genital recurrent aphthae, mucocutaneous lesions, and ocular symptoms. Arthritis in BD is usually non-erosive and not related to crippling disease. Erosive arthropathy is a very rare manifestation of BD. CASE PRESENTATION Herein, we present a 60-year-old male patient suffering from BD for 33 years with erosive arthritis in his second metacarpophalangeal joint. After we assessed his finger by X-ray, we diagnosed erosive arthropathy quickly by musculoskeletal ultrasonography. In addition, a systematic literature search was performed via the PubMed and Scopus databases using the keywords, 'Behçet's disease [AND] erosive/destructive arthritis'.CONCLUSIONS:
Erosive arthritis due to BD can be evaluated by ultrasonography in an easy, fast and cost-effective manner. The literature search between 1985 and December 2019 revealed a total of 19 patients with peripheral erosive arthropathy related to BD and the characteristics of the results are summarized in the paper.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arthritis
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Behcet Syndrome
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Metacarpophalangeal Joint
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
BMC Med Imaging
Journal subject:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey