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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