Vasculitis & polymyalgia rheumatica
When it looks like Behçet’s syndrome but is something else: differential diagnosis of Behçet’s syndrome: a two-centre retrospective analysis
Authors' conclusion
In a low disease prevalence setting, the straightforward application of the ICBD criteria may lead to overdiagnosis of BS. The differential diagnosis of BS is enormously broad.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with suspected Behçet's syndrome (BS) without confirmed BS, two referral centres in low prevalence regions
- Participants
- 202 patients
- Outcome
- Differential diagnostic spectrum in patients with suspected BS
Methodological detailstwo-centre, referral centres for BS
- Two-centre
- Referral centres for BS
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Differential diagnosis categories
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Fulfilment of ICBD criteria despite not having BS
- Patients fulfilling the ICBD criteria, 75/202
- 37.1%
HLA-B51 positivity
- HLA-B51 positive, 55/132
- 41.7%
Original publication
When it looks like Behçet’s syndrome but is something else: differential diagnosis of Behçet’s syndrome: a two-centre retrospective analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 2 March 2023. doi:10.
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