Magnetic resonance imaging findings of elbow involvement in Behcet's disease: Medical education

ANIK Y., ÇEFLE A., Mueezzinoglu B., Akansel G., Demirci A.

TURKIYE KLINIKLERI TIP BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.28, sa.3, ss.378-381, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: TURKIYE KLINIKLERI TIP BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.378-381
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Behcet's Disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Articular involvement is a well-recognized feature, that is generally intermittent, self-limiting, non-erosive, non-destructive, and non-deforming, usually monoarticular or symmetrically oligo-articular subacute structive, arthritis. While knees, ankles and wrists are most commonly affected, elbow involvement is very rare. Previous descriptions of articular involvement have been mostly limited to conventional radiographic findings. We report magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of pathologically proven acute synovitis on chronic arthritis of the left elbow in a 25 year-old man with Behcet's disease, who followed up for 9 years.