Measuring the Whole Wall Thickness of the Common Femoral Vein as a Distinctive Diagnostic Tool to Distinguish Behcet's Disease Presenting with Oral Ulcers from Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis.

ABSTRACT: Recurrent oral ulcers, which are the first and most common manifestation of Behçet's disease (BD), have several etiological causes but are often idiopathic and known as recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). In recent years, publications have drawn attention to the fact that whole-wall thickness (WWT) and intima-media thickness (IMT) measurements of the common femoral vein (CFV) may be useful in the diagnosis of BD, which are independent of organ involvement. In this study, the usefulness of the WWT and IMT of the CFV measured by venous Doppler ultrasound (US) was investigated in differentiating BD presenting with oral ulcers from RAS. Patients with BD (n = 84), patients with RAS (n = 85), and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 70) were the three groups included. Both the right

SUBMITTER: Erturk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10453469 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature