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Behçet hastalığında mukokutanöz lezyonlar mevsimsel midir?

Year 2022, Volume: 47 Issue: 1, 16 - 20, 31.03.2022
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.980169

Abstract

Amaç: Tekrarlayan seyir gösteren bir hastalıkta mevsimsellik araştırılmaya değer olmakla birlikte Behçet hastalığında yeterince ele alınmamıştır. Çalışmanın amacı, mukokutanöz atakların sıklığının aylar arasında farklılık gösterip göstermediğini değerlendirmektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Behçet hastalığı olan 108 hasta oral aft, genital ülser ve eritema nodozum atakları açısından retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Hastaların her vizitinde, bu vizit öncesindeki dört haftalık süre ve bu sürede atakların başlangıç günleri dikkate alındı. Daha sonra bunları kullanarak, zaman serisi analizi için, aylık ortalama atak sayıları hesaplandı.
Bulgular: Oral aftlar için Mayıs ve Ekim aylarında, genital ülserler için Ağustos ayında ortalama atak sayıları daha yüksek olmasına rağmen, zaman serisi analizi ile mevsimsellik doğrulanamadı.
Sonuç: Pubmed’de yapılan literatür taramasının ardından, Behçet Hastalığının mukokutanöz lezyonları için mevsimsellik tespit etmeyen sadece bir çalışma ve oral aft için mevsimsellik tespit eden sadece bir çalışma bulundu. Ancak bu çalışmalarda zaman serisi analizinin kullanılmadığını belirtmekte fayda vardır. Bu çalışma retrospektif olduğu için sonuçları zaman serisi analizini kullanılarak, günlük-tabanlı prospektif çalışmalarla doğrulanmalıdır.

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Are mucocutaneous lesions seasonal in Behçet's disease?

Year 2022, Volume: 47 Issue: 1, 16 - 20, 31.03.2022
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.980169

Abstract

Purpose: Although it is worth to investigate seasonality in a disease that has a recurrent course, this issue has not been dealt with sufficiently for Behçet’s disease. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether or not frequencies of its mucocutaneous attacks varied between months of the year.
Materials and Methods: One hundred eight patients with Behçet’s disease were retrospectively evaluated in terms of attacks of oral aphthae, genital ulcers, and erythema nodosum. For their each visit, a four-week period preceded this visit and dates of attack onsets in this period were taken into consideration. Then, by using them, mean monthly attack numbers were calculated for time series analysis.
Results: Although mean monthly attack numbers were higher in May and October for oral aphthae and in August for genital ulcers, seasonalities were not verified by time series analysis.
Conclusion: After a literature search on PubMed, there is only one study that detected no seasonality for mucocutaneous lesions of Behçet’s disease, and only one study detected a seasonality for oral aphthae. However, it is worth noting that time series analysis is not utilized in these studies. Since the present study is retrospective, its results should be verified by diary-based prospective studies that include time series analysis.

References

  • Mumcu G, Direskeneli H. Triggering agents and microbiome as environmental factors on Behçet's syndrome. Intern Emerg Med. 2019;14:653-60.
  • Jiménez-Balderas FJ, Fernandez-Arrieta G, Camargo-Coronel A, Ake-Uc MÁ, Vazquez-Zaragoza MA, Zonana-Nacach A et al. Uveitis in adult patients with rheumatic inflammatory autoimmune diseases at a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City. J Rheumatol. 2011;38:325-30.
  • Lee JH, Cheon JH, Hong SP, Kim TI, Kim WH. Seasonal variation in flares of intestinal Behçet's disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2015;60:3373-8.
  • Kim HJ, Bang D, Lee SH, Yang DS, Kim DH, Lee KH et al. Behçet's syndrome in Korea: a look at the clinical picture. Yonsei Med J. 1988;29:72-8.
  • Bang D, Yoon KH, Chung HG, Choi EH, Lee ES, Lee S et al. Epidemiological and clinical features of Behçet's disease in Korea. Yonsei Med J. 1997;38:428-36.
  • Tsutsui H, Kikuchi H, Oguchi H, Nomura K, Ohkubo T. Identification of physical and psychosocial problems based on symptoms in patients with Behçet's disease. Rheumatol Int. 2020;40:81-9.
  • Krause I, Shraga I, Molad Y, Guedj D, Weinberger A. Seasons of the year and activity of SLE and Behcet's disease. Scand J Rheumatol. 1997;26:435-9.
  • Cansu DU, Kasifoglu T, Korkmaz C. Is there any relationship between season/weather and oral ulcer in Behçet's disease? Eur J Rheumatol. 2014;1:89-91.
  • Bozca BC, Alpsoy E. Experimental therapeutic solutions for Behcet's Disease. J Exp Pharmacol. 2021;13:127-45.
  • International Study Group for Behçet's Disease. Criteria for diagnosis of Behçet's disease. Lancet. 1990;335:1078-80.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Clinical Sciences
Journal Section Research
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Bilge Fettahlıoğlu Karaman 0000-0003-4236-0066

Publication Date March 31, 2022
Acceptance Date October 24, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 47 Issue: 1

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MLA Fettahlıoğlu Karaman, Bilge. “Are Mucocutaneous Lesions Seasonal in Behçet’s Disease?”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 47, no. 1, 2022, pp. 16-20, doi:10.17826/cumj.980169.