Neurological manifestations of Behçet's disease: evaluation of 40 patients treated by cyclophosphamide.

Introduction: Neurological manifestations in Behçet's disease represent between 4 to 49% of systemic manifestations and remain, in the long term, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality.

Methods: Retrospective series of 40 severe Neurobehçet cases fulfilling the International Study Group criteria for Behçet's disease were consecutively recruited over a period from June 2004 to December 2010. All patients had clinical and ophthalmologic examinations; they underwent laboratory and imaging investigations.

[Epidemiological and clinical aspects of neurosyphilis in Morocco].

Neurosyphilis accounts for 56%-70% of all visceral syphilis and is a complication in 5%-10% of cases of untreated syphilis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological aspects and clinical presentations of neurosyphilis in Morocco through a series of 201 patients attending the Centre for Neurological Services at the university hospital in Rabat between 1986 and 1997. The mean age of the patients was 41.

[Clinical and therapeutic aspects of benign intracranial hypertension].

Introduction: Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) or pseudotumor cerebri is diagnosed on the basis of Dandy's criteria. BIH creates an emergency situation because of the risk of lost vision. In this work, we studied retrospectively a series of 10 cases of BIH all meeting Dandy's criteria.

[Acute meningomyelitis and polyradiculoneuritis disclosing systemic lupus erythematosus].

A 25-year-old male presented purulent meningitis associated with transverse myelitis. Spinal T2-weighted MRI showed a large spinal cord with an intramedullary high signal. Infection resolved with antibiotic therapy but spastic paraplegia persisted.