Behcet's disease experience in aydin: retrospective evaluation of 67 patients

We aimed to investigate the demographical and clinical features of patients with Behçet's disease followed up inAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Dermatology Department. Sixtyseven patients who fullfilled the diagnostic criteria of the International Study Group for Behçet's Disease were included to the study. Patients records were investigated and analysed by using SPSS 14 programme. Patient's age range was between 16-61, mean age was 35.7±10.5 and male/female ratio was 1.48:1. The mean age at the first symptom of the disease was 27.1±9.3, and mean age of the diagnosis of Behçet's disease was 32.4±9.6. Oral ulcers (100.0%) and genital ulcers (97.0%) were the most common findings of the disease. These were followed by papulopustular lesions (72.3%), pathergy positivity (50.8%) erythema nodosum (38.8%), articular involvement (23.9%), eye involvement (21.5%) and thrombophlebitis (9.1%). Thrombophlebitis was seen significantly more frequently in male patients than females (p=0.03). The data of patients with Behçet's disease who were followed up in a Dermatology clinic in Aydin were presented as a one centered study. Major findings were mucocutaneous ones and none of the patients had the severe involvement of the Behçet's disease.Bu çalısmada Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dermatoloji AD'da izlenen Behçet hastalarının demografik ve klinik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi amaçlandı. Çalısmaya uluslararası Behçet hastalıgı tanı kriterlerini dolduran 67 hasta dahil edildi. Hastaların dosya bilgileri incelendi ve veriler SPSS 14 programı kullanılarak analiz edildi. Yasları 16 ile 61 arasında degisen hastaların yas ortalaması 35.7±10.5'ti ve erkek/kadın oranı 1.48:1 idi. Hastalıgın ilk semptomunun baslama yası ortalaması 27.1±9.3, Behçet hastalıgı tanısını alma yası ortalaması 32.4±9.6'ydı. Oral ülserler (%100) ve genital ülserler (%97.0) hastalıgın en sık bulguları idi. Bunları papülopüstüler döküntü (%72.3), paterji pozitifligi (%50.8) eritema nodozum (%38.8), eklem tutulumu (%23.9), göz tutulumu (%21.5) ve tromboflebit (%9.1) izledi. Tromboflebit anlamlı olarak erkeklerde daha fazla görüldü (p=0.03). Aydın'da tek merkezli olarak Dermatoloji kliniginde izlenen Behçet hastalarının verileri sunuldu. Mukokutanöz bulguların ön planda oldugu hastaların hiçbirinde siddetli tutulum izlenmedi