| Presentation preference | Oral presentation |
| Title | Common Femoral Vein Wall Thickness is a useful diagnostic tool to differentiate Ocular Behçet’s Disease from Other Inflammatory Uveitis |
| Purpose | Diagnosis of Behçet’s Disease (BD) can be challenging.We showed that common femoral vein (CFV) wall thickness measured by Doppler ultrasonography (US) can be a diagnostic method for the cut-off value ≥0.5mm.It is crucial to make a correct diagnosis since BD's ocular involvement might cause permanent vision loss if left untreated.In this study,we focused on assessing the usefulness of CFV wall thickness measurement in BD-related uveitis. |
| Methods | 42 patients with BD panuveitis and age-gender matched 59 non-BD uveitis patients were included.Demographics,clinical data were recorded during routine visits.CFV wall thickness was measured by radiologist on the same day and after ophtalmologic examination, they were evaluated by a rheumatologist for differential diagnosis. |
| Results | 24 of BD patients and 24 of non-BD patients were male.Among non-BD patients 16 had anterior,7 had intermediate,20 had posterior üveitis.CFV wall thickness of BD patients was significantly higher than CFV wall thickness of non-BD patients(0.77 mm± 0.09 vs 0.49 mm±0.08, p<0.001).CFV wall thickness was ≥0.5mm in 23 non-BD patients.When 23 patients were evaluated by a rheumatologist, oral aphthae in 11 and acneiform lesions in 5 were found.None had genital ulcers or erythema nodosum.Asymptomatic chronic thrombotic changes were detected in 11 patients.BD was diagnosed by expert opinion in 5 patients with oral aphthae, ocular involvement and chronic thrombotic changes. |
| Conclusion | Our results suggest that measurement of CFV wall thickness by Doppler US can be helpful for the differentiation of ocular BD from other causes of inflammatory uveitis in daily practice. |
| Conflict of interest | No |
Authors 1
| Last name | KUTLUğ AğAçKıRAN |
| Initials of first name(s) | S |
| Department | Marmara University Medical School, Division of Rheumatology |
| City | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
Authors 2
| Last name | Kardes |
| Initials of first name(s) | E |
| Department | University of Health Sciences, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Department of Opthalmology |
| City | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
Authors 3
| Last name | Agackiran |
| Initials of first name(s) | A |
| Department | Bahcesehir University Medical School,Department of Radiology |
| City | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
Authors 4
| Last name | Direskeneli |
| Initials of first name(s) | H |
| Department | Marmara University Medical School, Division of Rheumatology |
| City | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
Authors 5
| Last name | Alibaz-Oner |
| Initials of first name(s) | F |
| Department | Marmara University Medical School, Division of Rheumatology |
| City | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
