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Table 1 Results of the physical examinations and laboratory tests at the initial evaluation

From: Diagnosis of Behçet’s disease: clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and differential diagnoses

Symptom/Sign/Lab test

No. positive (Percent)

Comments

Oral lesions

219 (92%)

Most common: ≤3 round lip lesions, 1-5 mm in size

Ocular lesions

105 (44.1%)

Posterior uveitis was the most common pathology (49 patients), followed by anterior uveitis (25 patients)

Genital lesions

87 (36.6%)

 

Articular involvement

38 (16%)

Mechanical joint pain was more common than inflammatory arthritis

Gastrointestinal

31 (13%)

Diarrhea was the most common symptom (15 patients), followed by nausea, and rectorrhagia

Neurologic involvement

17 (7.3%)

Seizure was the most common (9 patients)

Erythema Nodosum

15 (6.3%)

 

Cardiovascular

13 (5.6%)

DVT in 5 patients and pulmonary thromboembolism in 3 patients

Pseudofolliculitis

4 (1.7%)

 

Positive Pathergy reaction

30 (12.6%)

A positive pathergy reaction was the reason for referral in 5 patients

Human Leukocyte antigens

 HLA-B5

138 (58%)

 

 HLA-B51

114 (47.9%)

A positive HLA-B51 antigen was the primary reason for referral in 35 patients

 HLA-B27

15 (6.3%)

 
  1. Note that total is > 100% due to multi-organ involvement
  2. DVT Deep-vein thrombosis, HLA Human leukocyte antigen