| Abstract | PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to compare our results with the literature and to discuss some therapeutical aspects of the disease. METHODS: This retrospective study concerned 520 cases of Behçet's disease followed by internal diseases department and ophthalmology service of U.H.C. Averroes (Casablanca, Morocco) during 10 years. RESULTS: There were 432 men (83%) and 88 women (17%). The mean age of the patients was 20 years. Ophthalmological involvements are found in 80%, bilateral in 60%. The disease occurred at the rate of 2 or 3 episodes a year in 5% of cases. Irreversible blindness was noted in 24.4% of cases, predominately panuveitis in 37% of cases, followed by anterior uveitis in 36.3% and retinal vasculitis in 37% of cases. Good results were obtained by a medical care with corticoids and chloraminophen in case of threatening blindness. CONCLUSION: Behçet's disease remains frequent in our country. It requires early diagnosis and steady ophthalmological surveillance in order to delay onset of blindness. |
| Authors | M el Belhadji, M Hamdani, N Laouissi, K Zaghloul, A Amraoui, S Benamour
(Affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital du 20 Août, Casablanca, Maroc.)
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| Journal | Journal français d'ophtalmologie
(J Fr Ophtalmol)
Vol. 20
Issue 8
Pg. 592-8
( 1997)
ISSN: 0181-5512 FRANCE |
| Vernacular Title | L'atteinte ophtalmologique dans la maladie de Behçet. A propos de 520 cas. |
| PMID | 9515117
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)
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| Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Behcet Syndrome
(complications)
- Child
- Eye Diseases
(etiology, physiopathology, therapy)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Time Factors
- Visual Acuity
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