Familial Mediterranean fever

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent short episodes of fever and serositis resulting in pain in the abdomen, chest, joints and muscles.

Ophthalmoparesis

Ophthalmoplegia is a paralysis or weakness of one or more of the muscles that control eye movement.


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PMID (PMCID)
12189462
 MALE Middle Aged
Cranial nerve lesions and abnormal visually evoked potentials associated with the M694V mutation in familial Mediterranean fever.
Finsterer J, Stollberger C, Shinar Y.
Clin Rheumatol. 2002;21(4):317-21.
A 52-year-old Turkish man with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) due to the homozygous M694V mutation in the MEFV-gene on chromosome 16p13.3, newly developed hemicrania, blurred and double vision, ptosis, ophthalmoparesis and peripheral facial nerve palsy.