Behçet's Disease by Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo

Author:Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Japan, Tokyo

5.3.4 Differential Diagnosis

Because arterial involvement appears as a late complication of the disease, the diagnosis is not hard after establishing BD as the underlying disease. On the other, it is difficult to make the diagnosis when the arterial lesion develops as the initial manifestations or in patients who do not have typical BD manifestations. Large-vessel vasculitis such as Takayasu’s arteritis and giant-cell arteritis and middle-size vessel vasculitis such as polyarteritis nodosum should be differentiated. Because coexistence of venous involvement and extravascular manifestations of BD are most helpful, these features should be monitored carefully.

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