Clinical and demographic evaluation of Behcet disease among different paediatric age groups

Abstract

Patient age appeared to define the type of ocular involvement in BD. While anterior uveitis was the most frequent ocular finding in BD patients younger than 10 years, panuveitis was the most frequent in patients older than 10 years. As a family history of BD was more frequent among patients younger than 10 years, family screening for BD is considered critical for early and accurate diagnosis of BD, as well as for the control of its complications.

Juvenile Adamantiades-Behçet Disease

“…However, during the course of the disease, oral aphthous ulcers occur in nearly all patients [7,11,14,15,21]. There have been only a few reports with recurrent oral aphtha prevalence of less than 100% incidence of recurrent aphthae [29,30].…”

“…Both a male [10,14,21,28,29,30] and a female [7,15,31] predominance have been registered. Overall, the male-female ratio in JABD is comparable to that in AABD [9].…”

“…The familial prevalence among patients with JABD ranges widely from 12 to 15 [7,15,30] to 22.5-25 [6,21] and 42-55% [13,14,16]. …”

“…Since the publication of the first article on the pediatric disease by Mundy and Miller in 1978 [8], several case reports and case studies have been described [6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14]. However, reviews on this subject are rather scarce [6,15,16,17,18].…”

Demographic characteristics and ocular involvement in Behçet patients in Southeast Anatolia

“…Behçet hastalığı çocukluk çağında ve ileri yaş-larda daha nadirdir [18,19]. Çalışmamızda 0-16 yaş arası 32 hasta mevcuttu ve en küçük hastamız 7 yaşında erkek olguydu.…”