Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 8, 2026
10:06
Imaging Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice with Reporter Enzyme Fluorescence
Published on: February 26, 2018
7.8K
[Pseudotumoral neurobehçet: a case report]
C Ben Taarit1, S Turki, H Ben Maïz
1Service de Néphrologie et de Médecine Interne (Pr H. Ben Maïz), Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Bd 9 avril, 1006 BS, Tunis, Tunisie.
Journal Des Maladies Vasculaires
|May 17, 2002
Summary
Behçet's disease can cause neurological issues, including rare pseudotumoral brain lesions. This case highlights a young woman with hemiplegia who improved with steroids.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Immunology
- Vascular Medicine
Background:
- Behçet's disease is a multisystem inflammatory disorder.
- Neurological involvement affects 5.3% to 30% of patients.
- Manifestations include CNS involvement or vasculitis, with pseudotumoral presentations being rare.
Observation:
- A 26-year-old woman presented with left hemiplegia.
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed a pseudotumoral lesion in the pons and right cerebral peduncle.
- The patient exhibited oral and genital aphthous ulcers and tested positive for HLAB51.
Findings:
- The patient's neurological symptoms were attributed to a pseudotumoral lesion consistent with neuro-Behçet's disease.
- HLAB51 positivity is a known genetic marker associated with Behçet's disease.
- The pseudotumoral lesion responded favorably to steroid therapy.
Implications:
- This case underscores the importance of considering Behçet's disease in the differential diagnosis of neurological lesions with pseudotumoral features.
- Early recognition and treatment with corticosteroids can lead to significant improvement in neurological deficits.
- Further research into the pathogenesis and optimal management of neuro-Behçet's disease, particularly its rare pseudotumoral manifestations, is warranted.
Related Concept Videos
01:24Data Reporting and Recording
5.5K
Reporting and recording are crucial in data documentation. The timely, thorough, and accurate documentation of facts is essential when recording patient data. Failure to record findings during an assessment or interpretation of a problem will result in loss of information and make the patient document unreliable. The reader is left with general impressions if the information is not specific. A recording is documenting data of the individual's health information in a traceable, secure, and...
5.5K
01:25Types of Reports I: Hands-off Report
1.5K
A hand-off report, also known as a change-of-shift report, is a crucial nursing process that ensures the smooth transition of patient care responsibilities between nursing staff.
Following are the key components and categories of hand-off reports:
Purpose and Process:
Following are the key components and categories of hand-off reports:
Purpose and Process:
1.5K
01:21Types of Reports II: Incident or Occurrence Report
1.3K
An Incident or Occurrence Report in a healthcare setting is a crucial document used to record any unexpected occurrence that may or may not have affected a patient, employee, or visitor. Such reports are critical to improving patient safety and include all details leading up to and including the event.
Purposes:
In the healthcare industry, reports play a crucial role in documenting incidents within an agency. The primary objective of these reports is to ensure patient safety, uphold the...
Purposes:
In the healthcare industry, reports play a crucial role in documenting incidents within an agency. The primary objective of these reports is to ensure patient safety, uphold the...
1.3K
01:26Types of Reports III: Telephone and Verbal Reports
1.0K
Telephone and Verbal Reports in healthcare settings are two communication methods for conveying therapeutic instructions from healthcare providers to nurses or other healthcare staff.
Here's an overview of each type:
Telephone Orders
Here's an overview of each type:
Telephone Orders
1.0K
02:11Reporter Genes
13.4K
Reporter genes are a type of protein-coding gene that are often tagged to a gene of interest. Once inside a target cell, reporter genes usually produce visually identifiable characteristics like fluorescence and luminescence when expressed along with the gene of interest. Thus, reporter genes “report” the presence or absence of genes of interest in an organism, determine the gene expression pattern, or track the physical location of a DNA segment or protein in the cell.
13.4K
01:20Introduction to Documentation and Reporting
3.1K
Documentation is the systematic process of formally recording, maintaining, and communicating information.
Nursing documentation records essential information and details regarding a patient's care and treatment in written or electronic form. It is a critical aspect of nursing practice that involves documenting assessments, interventions, outcomes, and other relevant details about a patient's health status.
Documentation maps the patient's health journey by creating a comprehensive...
Nursing documentation records essential information and details regarding a patient's care and treatment in written or electronic form. It is a critical aspect of nursing practice that involves documenting assessments, interventions, outcomes, and other relevant details about a patient's health status.
Documentation maps the patient's health journey by creating a comprehensive...
3.1K