Abstracts tagged "Behcet’s syndrome and uveitis"

Abstract Number: 1692 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Follow-Up of Anti-IL6-Receptor Tocilizumab in Refractory Uveitis in Patients with Behçet Disease: Multicenter Study of 14 Patients in Clinical Practice
Iñigo Gonzalez-Mazon¹, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao ², Belén Atienza-Mateo ², Jose Luis Martín-Varillas ², DIANA PRIETO- PENA ¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río ³, Rosalia Demetrio ⁴, Natalia Palmou-Fontana ¹, Javier Loricera ⁵, Emma Beltrán Catalán ⁶, Marisa Hernández Garfella ⁷, Elia Valls-Pascual ⁸, Antonio Atanés ⁹, Miguel Cordero Coma ⁹, Joan M Nolla ¹⁰, Carmen carrasco-Cubero ¹¹, Julio Sánchez ¹², Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay ² and Ricardo Blanco ², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵H.U. Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷H.G.U. Valencia, Valencia, ⁸Dr Peset University Hospital, Valencia, Spain, ⁹HUAC La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet, Spain, ¹¹CHU de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ¹²Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ocular involvement in Behçet’s disease (BD) is a potential severe and disabling complication. Anti-TNF-α agents have shown an improvement of visual outcome in BD-related…
Abstract Number: 2761 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Risk of Parenchymal Neurological Involvement in Behcet’s Syndrome Patients with Panuveitis
Berivan Bitik¹, Berna Goker², Kubilay Sahin³, Yesim Sucullu Karadag⁴, Ridvan Mercan⁵, Abdurrahman Tufan¹, Mehmet Akif Ozturk¹, Fikri Ak⁴, Yasar Karaaslan^6,7 and Seminur Haznedaroglu¹, ¹Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Internal Medicine- Rheumatology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Neurology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Rheumatology, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey, ⁷Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose Behcet’s Syndrome (BS) is a systemic vasculitis which may involve multiple organ systems simultaneously. Most frequently, clinical findings in BS fit into well recognized…