Behçet's disease CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

There are no CT scan findings associated with Behçet disease. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of Behçet disease including visualization of neurological lesions (helpful in patients with CNS involvement), and enlargement of ventricles or subarachnoid spaces.

CT scan

There are no CT scan findings associated with Behçet disease. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of Behçet disease, which include:^[1]

Neurological lesions is often helpful in patients with CNS involvement
Enlargement of ventricles or subarachnoid spaces

References

↑ Wang H, Guo X, Tian Z, Liu Y, Wang Q, Li M; et al. (2016). “Intracardiac thrombus in patients with Behcet’s disease: clinical correlates, imaging features, and outcome: a retrospective, single-center experience”. Clin Rheumatol. 35 (10): 2501–7. doi:10.1007/s10067-015-3161-1. PMID 26753545.

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[pmid26753545-1] Wang H, Guo X, Tian Z, Liu Y, Wang Q, Li M; et al. (2016). “Intracardiac thrombus in patients with Behcet’s disease: clinical correlates, imaging features, and outcome: a retrospective, single-center experience”. Clin Rheumatol. 35 (10): 2501–7. doi:10.1007/s10067-015-3161-1. PMID 26753545.

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