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.

Pericarditis

Inflammation of the sac-like covering around the heart (pericardium).


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PMID (PMCID)
25088882
MALE Middle Aged
Acute pericarditis as the first manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever: a possible relationship with idiopathic recurrent pericarditis.
Yoshioka K, Furumitsu Y, Sano T, Miyamoto T, Agematsu K.
Intern Med. 2014;53(15):1659-63.
Acute pericarditis as the first manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever: a possible relationship with idiopathic recurrent pericarditis.
21483284
FEMALE Child
[Protracted Febrile Myalgia Syndrome with Henoch-Schonlein Purpura: an atypical presentation of Familial Mediterranean Fever].
Cabral M, Conde M, Brito MJ, Almeida H, Melo Gomes JA.
Acta Reumatol Port. 2011;36(1):69-74.
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an hereditary autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, arthritis and serositis: peritonitis, pleurisy and/or pericarditis.
20731114
MALE Middle Aged
[Severe disseminated constrictive polyserositis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis].
Blagova OV, Tsaregorodtsev DA, Nedostup AV, Maevskaia IV, Petukhova NV, Troitskaia MP, Shadaniia IaR.
Ter Arkh. 2010;82(6):56-61.
Constrictive polyserositis (pleuritis, pericarditis) is a syndrome within the underlying disease (tuberculosis, periodic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, asbestos, silicosis, uremia, some genetic diseases), a complication due to chest surgery or radiation or drug therapy, is occasionally idiopathic (fibrosing mediastinitis).
19744393
MALE Adult
[Recurrent pericardial effusion due to familiar Mediterranean fever].
Halabe-Cherem J, Hamui-Sutton A, Cohen-Cohen S, Sacal-Dumani E, Shuchleib-Cung A, Nellen-Hummel H, Rabago-Arredondo J.
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2009;47(2):211-4.
In this study, we described the evolution and treatment response to colchicine in three patients with pericarditis associated to familial Mediterranean fever.
17932481
MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Deaths from intravenous colchicine resulting from a compounding pharmacy error--Oregon and Washington, 2007.
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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56(40):1050-2.
Several additional IV uses have been studied, including treatment of familial Mediterranean fever, pericarditis, primary biliary cirrhosis, amyloidosis, and Behcet's syndrome.
11317655
FEMALE Child
Isolated recurrent pericarditis in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever.
Tutar HE, Imamoglu A, Kendirli T, Akar E, Atalay S, Akar N.
Eur J Pediatr. 2001;160(4):264-5.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of recurrent pericarditis and mutation analysis should be considered, especially in patients of Mediterranean origin.
2609056
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Pericarditis as one of the manifestations of periodic disease].
Vinogradova OM, Tomas NIu, Golyzhnikova VA.
Revmatologiia (Mosk). 1989;(3):24-6.
[Pericarditis as one of the manifestations of periodic disease].
3211825
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Pericardial involvement in familial Mediterranean fever.
Erol C, Sonel A, Candan I, Omurlu K, Akyol T.
Postgrad Med J. 1988;64(752):453-4.
These and previously published cases show that familial Mediterranean fever should be considered as a cause of pericarditis and/or pericardial effusion.