Neuro-Behçet's disease presenting initially as mesiotemporal lesions mimicking herpes simplex encephalitis

Received 8 July 2004 Accepted 15 July 2004 Sir, Nervous system involvement in Behcet’s disease (BD), usually called neuro-Behcet’s disease (NBD), is one of the most serious complications of the disease. Here we report an unusual case of NBD initially presenting as a generalized seizure with bilateral mesiotemporal lesions, which are commonly affected by herpes simplex or paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis. A 24-year-old man had a generalized convulsion with an unpleasant olfactory