Table 4 Differential diagnoses of Behçet diseases according to organ involvement
From: French recommendations for the management of Behçet’s disease
Type of damage | Differential diagnoses |
|---|---|
Mucous ulcerations | Herpes, neutropenia, pemphigus, CIID, drugs, vitamin deficiencies |
Bipolar aphthosis | CIID, MAGIC syndrome, deficiency of mevalonate kinase, A20 haplo-insufficiency |
Articular damage | Spondyloarthropathies |
Gastrointestinal damage | CIID, NSAID toxicity, infectious colitis |
Venous thrombosis | Thrombophilia, genetic or acquired |
Arterial damage | Septic aneurysms, atrophic polychondritis, Takayasu |
Neurological damage | SEP, sarcoidosis, tumoral pathologies, lymphomas or infectious meningo-encephalitis |