Behcet's disease in Bahrain, clinical and HLA findings

To study the clinical features and the HLA findings of Behcet's disease in Bahrain. Method: A retrospective study of nine patients with Behcet's disease from the Salmaniya Medical Complex who were treated over a 15-year period are analysed. The male to female ratio was 3.5:1. Oral ulcers were present in all patients, genital ulcers in 88.9%, skin lesions in 66.7%, ocular involvement in 44.4%, arthritis in 44.4%, epididymitis in 57% of the males, and DVT in 22.2%. HLA B5 was positive in 66.7% of the patients. 66.7% of the cases had the HLA B5 allele. Their clinical manifestations are similar to those reported in the other Gulf countries

Pulmonary hypertension in SLE - a case report

Pulmonary Hypertension has been diagnosed in a young lady with Systemic Lupus Erythromatosus [SLE] using Doppler Echocardiography study. Despite the absence of active clinical and laboratory lupus signs, the course of her pulmonary Hypertension was rapidly fatal with no response to vasodilator therapy. This is the first reported case in Bahrain as shown by reviewing Salmaniya Medical Complex records of the all one hundred and ten SLE patients until the 31st of April 1998. The case history, the incidence, pathogenesis, treatment modalities and the prognosis of that SLE complication are discussed