Behçet氏病について—最近16年間の当教室における統計的観察

A Sixteen-year Survey on Behçet's Disease

Ⅰ．緒言

　1937年，Hulsi Behçet^1）は，口腔粘膜の有痛性再発性潰瘍，陰部潰瘍および前房蓄膿を伴う再発性虹彩炎を3主徴とする症候群を発表したが，それ以前にも，以後にも，皮膚・粘膜・眼を侵す類似の疾患が種々の名称で報告され，多くの議論が重ねられている。1950年Robinson^2）は皮膚・粘膜・眼に滲出性変化をきたす一群の類似疾患を総括して，これをmuco-cutaneo-ocular syndromeと呼ぶことを提唱した。Behçet氏病は，この中の一型で，本邦においても，近年多くの研究発表がなされている。

　当眼科で，過去16年間に経験したBehçet氏病の患者につき，統計的観察を行なつたところ，2,3の知見を得たのでここに報告する。

During the 16 years between 1950 and 1965, 36 cases were diagnosed as Behçet's disease out of a total of 41, 216 outpatients. These 36 cases, of which 19 were males and 17 were females, were tentatively divided into two groups. The first group "A" consists of 12 cases detected during the first 8 years and the second "B" consists of 24 cases detected during the second 8 years.

The incidence of Behçet's disease among uvei-tis in general is higher in males than in fema-les in group "A" . This trend is in agreement with the reports by other investigators.