Superficial venous thrombosis in Behçet’s disease: a case report and a review of the literature

Figures & data

Figure 1 Superficial venous thrombosis on the left thigh.

Figure 2 Superficial venous thrombosis on the left calf.

Table 1 Prevalence of SVT related to BD in the literature

Authors	Country	Sample size	Diagnosis criterion	Vascular involvement, n (%)	SVT, n (%)	DVT, n (%)
Sarica-Kucukoglu et al^Citation5	Turkey	2,319	ISG	332 (14.3)	177 (53.3)	99 (29.8)
Duzgun et al^Citation6	Turkey	180	ISG	71 (39.4)	48 (26.7)	104 (57.8)
Wu et al^Citation7	China	766	ISG	93 (12.1)	4 (4.3)	78 (83.9)
Sagdig et al^Citation8	Turkey	129	ISG	52 (40.3)	4 (10)	29 (76)
Davatchi et al^Citation9	Iran	7,187	Expert opinion	553 (9.1)	140 (2.3)	399 (6.6)
Boura et al^Citation10	Greece	36	ISG	NA	5 (13.9)	NA
Mousa et al^Citation11	Kuwait	29	O’Duffy	10 (34.4)	7 (24.1)	3 (10.3)
Yucel et al^Citation12	Turkey	231	ISG	37 (16)	37 (16)	NA
Pipitone et al^Citation13	Italy	137	ISG	42 (30.7)	15 (10.9)	28 (21)
Balta et al^Citation14	Turkey	521	ISG	30 (5.7)	11 (2.1)	16 (3.6)
Calamia et al^Citation15	USA	13	ISG	3 (23)	1 (8)	2 (15)
Desbois et al^Citation16	France	807	ISG	NA	26 (4.4)	560 (95.6)

Abbreviations: BD, Behçet’s disease; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; ISG, International Study Group for Behçet’s Disease; NA, not available; SVT, superficial venous thrombosis.

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