Behçet's disease

Immunopathogenesis of Behçet's Disease

“…Hulusi Behçet, a dermatologist, described the disease as a triad of symptoms including oral aphthosis, genital aphthosis, and uveitis with hypopyon and hypothesized a viral etiology (5-7). Michealson and Chisari defined it as a multisystem inflammatory problem mediated by an occlusive vasculitis (8). Hamza and associates defined it as oral aphthosis associated with multisystem manifestations, the most important being ocular, skin, articular, nervous, and vascular and as having vasculitis as an anatomical substrate (9).…”

Papilledema as an Initial Manifestation of Behcet's Syndrome: Report of Four Cases with Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

“…Papilledema should be included as a separate minor criterion for diagnosis of Behcet's syndrome. It is often referred to as "benign intracranial hypertension," 4,7,[20][21][22]28 which is not correct as it is due to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.…”

Intraocular involvement of T and B cell lymphomas

“…Retinal infiltrates occur which are in the superficial, retinal layers and resolve rapidly with steroids. 9 Patients with ocular lymphoma develop severe loss of visual function with relatively mild posterior uveitis early in their disease. Review of the clinical features of our patients showed constricted visual fields and reduced colour vision in addition to reduction in visual acuity.…”