A controlled survey of sacroiliitis in Behcet's disease

Abstract

SUMMARY Among 37 patients with Beh9et's disease in Turkey the radiographic presence of sacroiliitis was no more frequent than in 28 age and sex matched controls.

The Comparison Between Behcet's Disease and Spondyloarthritides: Does Behcet's Disease Belong to the Spondyloarthropathy Complex?

“…In addition, several patients with coexisting AS and BD have been described in the literature (11,(16)(17)(18)(19). However, other authors have found that the prevalence of AS or SI in BD has not been different from that in the general population (20)(21)(22)(23)(24). Although Dilsen et al reported the highest level of 33 (10%) patients with AS and 112 (34%) with SI among 334 Turkish patients with BD (13), other authors found no evidence of an increased frequency of SI in patients with BD and described only one patient with definitive AS among 114 patients with BD in the same population (20).…”

Infliximab treatment in co-existing behcet's disease and ankylosing spondylitis case presentation

“…Similarly, Etaouil et al, found HLA-B27 positivity and HLA-B51 negativity in 2 cases with combined AS and BD [10]. Yazıcı et al, assessed 184 BD patients in Turkish population and found AS only in 1 case [11]. Yazıcı et al, indicated that the sacroiliac joint antero-posterior assessment differ greatly from person to person, therefore suggested the prevalence of sacroilitis in BD to be unclear [12].…”

“…A relationship between HLA phenotypes of Behcet's disease and AS cases was detected in the literature [13]. There is HLA-B27 positivity in approximately 90% of SPA patients and HLA-B5 positivity in 60 to 80% of BD patients [8,11]. Incidence of HLA-B27 is more frequent in patients with co-existing BD and SPA [8,13].…”

Coexistence of Behçet’s Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis

“…HLA B51 and B27 were more frequently found to be positive in patients with coexisting BD and AS than normal population. Yazıcı et al (4) reported only a single case defined AS among 114 patients with BD. This study showed no relationship between AS and BD.…”