Vasculitis & polymyalgia rheumatica
White matter abnormalities in an MRI-based study in Behçet’s syndrome: incidental findings or clinically relevant?
Authors' conclusion
In BS patients without overt neurological involvement, WMAs are infrequent, mild and predominantly age-related rather than disease-related.
Study context
- Population
- BD patients without active neurological involvement (Neuro-Behçet's syndrome)F 72%, M 28%
- Participants
- 95 patients
- Outcome
- Prevalence, distribution, severity and clinical correlates of white matter abnormalities at brain MRI (Fazekas scale)
Methodological detailsreal-world cohort
- Real-world cohort
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
White matter abnormalities at brain MRI
Deep white matter Fazekas scores range
0 to 1
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
White matter abnormalities in an MRI-based study in Behçet’s syndrome: incidental findings or clinically relevant? Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 2 February 2026. doi:10.
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