Behçet’s disease is an inflammatory, multisystemic, relapsing syndrome of unknown etiology. It involves heterogeneous clinical manifestations such as: recurrent oral ulcers, ocular inflammation, genital ulcers, and skin lesions. More severe manifestations may occur due to vasculitis of small and large arteries and/or veins with formation of arterial aneurysms or thrombosis, in addition to neurological or gastrointestinal involvement. Diagnosis is clinical and mainly symptomatic, and treatment may include corticosteroids with or without immunosuppressants and, eventually, other interventions for more severe manifestations. […]

Introduction Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare large-vessel arteritis that primarily affects the aorta and its major branches. The greatest challenge is to identify disease activity, since therapeutic measures modify the clinical course of the disease. Vascular ultrasonography (VUS) is a promising tool for characterizing vessel wall inflammation and monitoring hemodynamic changes in response to therapy. […]