Authors
Derya Uluduz, Ipek Midi, Taskin Duman, Sena Colakoglu, Ahmet Tüfekci, Mustafa Bakar, Bijen Nazliel, Nida Tascilar, Baki Goksan, Mehmet Ali Sungur, Hasan Huseyin Kozak, Serkan Demir, Cemile Handan Misirli, Hayriye Kucukoglu, Nilgun Cinar, Fusun Mayda Domac, Serefnur Ozturk, Vildan Yayla, Ali Yavuz Karahan, Nazire Afsar, Eylem Ozaydin Goksu, Necdet Mengulluoglu, Emrah Aytac, Nilufer Yesilot, Birsen Ince, Ozgur Osman Yalin, Serdar Oruc, Seden Demirci, Mehmet Guney Senol, Arda Yilmaz, Mustafa Gokce, Özge Yilmaz Kusbeci, Gulnur Uzuner, Hale Zeynep Batur Caglayan, Mustafa Acikgoz, Burcu Zeydan, Fatih Ozdag, Sevim Baybas, Hakan Ekmekci, Murat Cabalar, Mehmet Yaman, Vedat Ali Yurekli, Hakan Tekeli, Hamit Genc, Uygar Utku, Firdevs Ezgi Ucan Tokuc, Nevzat Uzuner, Hesna Bektas, Yuksel Kablan, Basak K Goksel, Aysel Milanlioglu, Dilek Necioglu Orken, Ufuk Aluclu
Publication date
2019/4/1
Journal
Rheumatology
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
600-608
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Objective
This study was performed to determine the rate of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) among cases of Behçet’s disease (BD) included in a multicentre study of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (VENOST).
Methods
VENOST was a retrospective and prospective national multicentre observational study that included 1144 patients with CVST. The patients were classified according to aetiologic factors, time of CVST symptom onset, sinus involvement, treatment approach and prognosis.
Results
BD was shown to be a causative factor of CVST in 108 (9.4%) of 1144 patients. The mean age of patients in the BD group was 35.27 years and 68.5% were men, whereas in the non-BD CVST group, the mean age was 40.57 years and 28.3% were men (P < 0.001). Among the aetiologic factors for patients aged 18–36 years, BD was predominant for men …
Scholar articles
D Uluduz, I Midi, T Duman, S Colakoglu, A Tüfekci… - Rheumatology, 2019