[Comparison of diagnostic criteria in Moroccan patients with Behçet's disease].

Background: Behçet's disease is a vasculitis with diverse systemic manifestations usually involving the skin, eyes, joints and nerves. Clinical diagnosis is based on several signs, generally using the criteria established by the International Group for the Study of Behçet's disease, by O'Duffy, by Hamza, by Mason and Barnes and by the Japanese Committee. The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess the frequency of clinical manifestations in Behçet's disease and to apply the five diagnostic criteria scorings cited above to our patients to determine their sensitivity.

[Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's disease: 3 cases].

Background: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's disease is a bilateral chronic panuveitis sometimes associated with signs of meningo-encephalic, auditory and skin and nail involvement. We report 3 cases.

Case Reports: The first case was a 30-year-old woman who consulted for a red eye, low visual acuity, poliosis, and diffuse alopecia which had developed over 9 months.

[Closed spinal dysraphism. Apropos of 3 cases].

Case Report: Closed spinal midline developmental defect was observed in three children, two girls aged 7 and 10 years and one boy aged 9 years. There were no similar cases in the families. The first signs appeared at approximately 6 months, 9 years and at birth.