Aseptic meningitis as the sole manifestation of Behçet's disease.

Abstract

We report a 33-year-old woman who had aseptic meningitis alone, without any other systemic manifestations, due to Behçet's disease. Behçet's disease should be listed as a differential diagnosis of acute aseptic meningitis because, in acute aseptic meningitis caused by Behçet's disease, early treatment with corticosteroids could ameliorate this disorder.

• Authors: Ryuji Sakakibara, Nobukiyo Koide, Masahiko Kishi, Emina Ogawa, Kohji Shirai
• Journal: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (Neurol Sci) Vol. 30 Issue 5 Pg. 405-7 (Oct 2009) ISSN: 1590-3478 [Electronic] Italy
• PMID: 19572183 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Behcet Syndrome (complications)
• Brain (pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods)
• Meningitis, Aseptic (complications)
• Middle Aged