CASE REPORT
HLA-B52-positive vasculo-Behcet disease: usefulness of magnetic resonance angiography, ultrasound study, and computed tomographic angiography for the early evaluation of multiarterial lesions
Kota Sugisaki1, Rie Saito1, Tadayuki Takagi1, Kiori Shio1, Yasuo Shioya1, Etsuko Fukaya1, Haruyo Iwadate1, Hideharu Sekine1, Hiroshi Orikasa1, Hiroko Kobayashi1, Hiroshi Watanabe1 and Yukio Sato1
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Department of Internal Medicine II, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan |
Received: 02 June 2004 Accepted: 28 September 2004
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Abstract We report a case of HLA-B52-positive Behcet disease accompanied by multiarterial lesions. A 24-year-old woman was suffering from sporadic high fever and recurrent oral and genital ulcers, and laboratory data revealed severe inflammation. A diagnosis of Behcet disease was made. Magnetic resonance angiography, ultrasound study, and computed tomographic angiography demonstrated multiarterial lesions that had caused no symptoms. These noninvasive examinations were extremely useful in evaluating asymptomatic early vascular lesions.
Key words Behcet disease (BD) - Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) - HLA-B52 - Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) - Ultrasound (US) |
