Abstract
We report here the case of a 18-year-old young man with Behçet's disease who had suffered deep venous thrombosis of the right femoral and popliteal veins. Consequently, right sciatic nerve injury, drop foot and tightness of the achilles tendon also ensued. The clinical scenario was further challenged by demonstration of the agenetic inferior vena cava and epidural vein dilatations compressing the lumbar nerve roots. To the best notice of the authors, this is the first patient encompassing all these complications in the literature concerning Behçet's disease.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Amines / therapeutic use
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Behcet Syndrome / complications*
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Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis
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Behcet Syndrome / therapy
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Colchicine / therapeutic use
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Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / therapeutic use
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Gabapentin
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Heparin / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Injections, Intravenous
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Interferons / therapeutic use
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Male
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Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis
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Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
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Physical Therapy Modalities
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Sciatic Nerve / pathology
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Sciatic Nerve / physiopathology
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Sciatica / diagnosis
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Sciatica / etiology*
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Sciatica / physiopathology
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Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
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Venous Thrombosis / complications*
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Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
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Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
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Warfarin / therapeutic use
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / therapeutic use
Substances
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Amines
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Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
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Warfarin
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Gabapentin
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Heparin
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Interferons
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Colchicine