Abstract: The chronic macular edema, frequent in ocular Behcet's disease, is a treat to the visual outcome of the patients. We have investigated the origin, risk-factors and the outcome of macular edema in patents under immunosuppressors and corticosteroid therapy. This is a retrospective, case series study. In 1999,seventeen patients of the Behcet's clinic of Shariati hospital of Tehran who had macular edema were consecutively selected and included in the study. They were ...
Abstract: Introduction: Behcet's Disease (BD) is mainly seen in the countries along the Silk Rout. Among Asian countries, there is no data from Afghanistan on the clinical features of BD. Near 2 million Afghan immigrants live in Iran. This is a report on the clinical features of the disease in them with a comparison to the Iranian patients. Patients & Methods: All Afghan patients with BD referred to our BD unit ...
Abstract: Introduction: In a preliminary report to the 8'" International Congress on Behcet's Disease (BD) in 1998, we showed the efficacy of combination therapy with low dose pulse Cyclophosphamide (LDP) and Methotrexate (MTX) in posterior uveitis (PU) and retinal vasculitis (RV) of BD. We present here our experience with more patients and a longer follow up. Patients & Methods: BD Patients who were on the association of LDP and MTX due to ...
Abstract: Objective: Systemic sclerosis is a generalized disorder of connective tissue disease. This study surveyed the clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis in early (6 years) phases of limited and diffuse variants. Methods: Nineteen patients with diffuse and thirty-four cases with limited form of disease were selected consecutively from 1992 to 1998. Sixty-five clinical data were evaluated and then analyzed by MC-Nemar chi square test between two forms in both phases. Results: (1) There were ...
Abstract: In systemic lupus eryThematosus (SLE) various antibodies are produced against cells including platelets and result in thrombocytopenia. !n the literature, the incidence of thrombocytopenia varied from 7% to 52%, in seven series of SLE patients with a mean cumulative percentage of 14.5% (1-5 ). SLE patients referred to the Lupus Unit of the Rheumatology Research Center. Tehran University for Medical Sciences. (Shariati Hospital) during the period of 1975 to 1977 ...
Abstract: Pulse cyclophosphamide (PCP) is a well established method for the treatment of lupus nephritis. PCP seems to produce better results, and lesser side effects, than oral cytotoxic drugs. We present here, our experience with this method, in 51 patients. All patients had a WHO type IV histological lesion, on light microscopy. Proteinuria, hematuria, leucocyturia, casts, BUN, creatinine, and blood pressure were measured before starting PCP and after each one. The first ...
Abstract: Behcet's Disease (BD) is rather frequent in Iran. Near 200 new cases are seen every year, and this rate is going up every year. Ophthalmological manifestations are frequent (71%). Anterior uveitis (AU) is seen in 63% of patients. It is characterized by flare and cells in the anterior chamber. Hypopion, the classic lesion of the anterior chamber is transient and rarely seen in ophthalmologic examination. The AU progresses by successive ...