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Table 1 Summary of intestinal Behçet’s disease patients with myelodysplastic syndrome associated with secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

From: Intestinal Behçet’s disease complicated by myelodysplastic syndrome and secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a case report

Author/year (reference)

Age/sex

MDS type

BD symptoms

Chromosomal abnormalities/HLA

Respiratory symptoms

HRCT findings (GGO pattern)

Treatment before MDS onset (duration, years)

Outcome

Handa/2014 [8]

49/F

RA

G, I, O, S

Trisomy 8/HLA-B51-

None

Diffuse

Cyclosporine A, Prednisolone, Sulfasalazine, TNF-inhibitor (14 years)

Dead

Handa/2014 [8]

33/M

RA

I, O, S

Trisomy 8/HLA-B51 -

Cough

Diffuse

Azathioprine, Prednisolone, Sulfasalazine, TNF inhibitor (5 years)

Dead

Present case/2021

58/F

RA

G, I, O, S

Trisomy 8, Trisomy 9, X, i(X)(q10)/HLA-B51+

Cough

Fever

Diffuse

Colchicine, Methalazine, Prednisolone, TNF inhibitor (3 years)

alive

  1. BD, Behçet’s disease; G, genital ulcer; GGO, ground-glass opacity; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; HRCT, high-resolution computed tomography; I, intestinal lesions; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; O, oral ulcer; RA, Refractory anemia; S, skin lesion; TNF, tumor necrosis factor