Acute aseptic meningitis and diffuse myelitis as the presenting features of neurological Behcet disease

G. M. Mullins; M. Elamin; S. Saidha; E. Ali; L. Jennings; T. J. Counihan; M. Hennessy

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2009.06.002

Acute aseptic meningitis and diffuse myelitis as the presenting features of neurological Behcet disease

G. M. Mullins, M. Elamin, S. Saidha, E. Ali, L. Jennings, T. J. Counihan, M. Hennessy

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Abstract

We report an explosive presentation of neurological Behcet disease, in an Irish male patient. We present the clinical and radiological findings in our patient and discuss a novel and effective therapeutic approach. We review other treatment modalities of patients with neurological involvement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1702-1704
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	16
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2009.06.002
State	Published - Dec 1 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Behcet disease
Infliximab
Meningoencephalitis
Myelitis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Physiology (medical)

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Acute aseptic meningitis and diffuse myelitis as the presenting features of neurological Behcet disease

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