Adıyaman İlinde Behçet Hastalığı: 150 Hastanın Retrospektif Değerlendirilmesi.

Background: Behçet's disease is a chronic systemic vasculitis. The prevalence and clinical findings differ among various ethnic and regional groups. Our study aims to present the data of Behçet's disease, which is endemic in our country, in Adıyaman province of Southeastern Anatolia. Materials and Methods: The clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients were retrospectively evaluated according to the criteria of the International Study Group (1990) and followed in the rheumatology clinic. Results: Our study included a total of 150 patients, including 90 (60%) males, and 60 (40%) females. The mean age was 37.76 ± 9.09 years. Clinical findings included oral aphthae (100%); genital ulcers, 82 (59.4%); eye involvement, 47 (35.6%); skin findings, 34 (26%); and vascular involvement, 16 (12.3%). Although genital ulcers were more common in women and eye involvement and skin findings were more common in men, there was no statistically significant difference (p = 0.543, p = 0.233, and p = 0.066, respectively). Vascular involvement was significantly higher in men (p = 0.048). Conclusion: The most common finding in our study is mucocutaneous lesions. In our country's data, it was observed that Behçet's disease was more severe in young men. In our study, the fact that vascular involvement was significantly higher in men might explain the poor prognosis in men. As a result, our resuts suggest that Behçet's disease in the Southeast has similar clinical features as those reported from other regions in our country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]