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.

Recurrent fever

Periodic (episodic or recurrent) bouts of fever.


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PMID (PMCID)
30275024
MALE Adult
A delayed diagnosis: recurrent fever and beta thalassaemia.
Samarkos M, Mantzourani M, Nika C, Kalotychou V.
BMJ Case Rep. 2018;2018:.
We describe a patient with known beta-thalassaemia intermedia who presented with recurrent fevers and he was diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever 28201years later.
29559814
(5856027)
OTHER
A rare cause of fever in an adult: a case of familial Mediterranean fever.
Erdem I, Saritas F, Karaali R, Ardic E, Emeksiz GK, Kara SP, Yaniker RM, Bol O.
Int Med Case Rep J. 2018;11:37-40.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever attacks and serositis.
30572542
MALE Adult
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive familial Mediterranean fever and hyperthyroidism: A case report.
Segoe S, Sada KE, Hayashi K, Yamamura Y, Morishita M, Watanabe H, Matsumoto Y, Wada J.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(51):e13805.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic autoinflammatory disorder characterized by serositis and recurrent fever.
28781304
(5596290)
MALE Middle Aged
Cold Exposure Related Fever with an Mediterranean Fever (MEFV) Gene Mutation.
Kumei S, Nozu T, Ohira M, Miyagishi S, Okumura T.
Intern Med. 2017;56(16):2233-2236.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever with serosal inflammation.
27858841
(5591089)
FEMALE
Marshall syndrome in a young child, a reality: Case report.
Trandafir LM, Chiriac MI, Diaconescu S, Ioniuc I, Miron I, Rusu D.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2016;95(44):e5065.
We took into consideration other causes of recurrent fever (recurrent tonsillitis, infectious diseases, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Behcet's disease, cyclic neutropenia, Familial Mediterranean fever syndrome, hyperglobulinemia D syndrome).
25604326
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Heterozygote forms of familial Mediterranean fever can be manifested in adults as myofacial pain syndrome].
Meilinger A, Burger M, Peter HH.
Z Rheumatol. 2015;74(6):533-9.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a disease characterized by recurrent fever, serositis, arthritis and unspecific myalgia.
22798132
FEMALE Adult
A rare cause of massive ascites: familial Mediterranean fever.
Aslan M, Demir G, Esen R, Dulger AC, Begenik H, Celik Y, Kucukoglu ME, Bahar K.
Turk J Gastroenterol. 2012;23(3):290-3.
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent fever and peritoneal and pleural inflammation.
21567247
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Anti-TNF agents in familial Mediterranean fever: report of three cases and review of the literature.
Ozgocmen S, Akgul O.
Mod Rheumatol. 2011;21(6):684-90.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever, peritonitis/pleuritis, or arthritis attacks.
16447225
MIXED_SAMPLE
PYPAF1 nonsense mutation in a patient with an unusual autoinflammatory syndrome: role of PYPAF1 in inflammation.
Jeru I, Hayrapetyan H, Duquesnoy P, Sarkisian T, Amselem S.
Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54(2):508-14.
To gain insight into the pathophysiology of an unusual autoinflammatory syndrome, in a patient of Armenian origin, that mimicked familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) but with episodes triggered by generalized exposure to cold, and to further elucidate the controversial function of the protein encoded by PYPAF1, whose mutations (exclusively missense to date) have been identified in 3 hereditary recurrent fever syndromes.
12611376
MALE Adult
Seronegative spondyloarthropathy of familial Mediterranean fever.
Incel NA, Saracoglu M, Erdem HR.
Rheumatol Int. 2003;23(1):41-3.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterized by an autosomal inheritance pattern, Mediterranean ancestry, and history of recurrent fever.
11929185
MALE Adult
End-stage renal disease associated with familial Mediterranean fever.
Tomiyama N, Oshiro S, Higashiuesato Y, Yamazato M, Sakima A, Tana T, Tozawa M, Muratani H, Iseki K, Takishita S.
Intern Med. 2002;41(3):221-4.
The patient was believed to have Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) because of recurrent fever with peritonitis, arthritis and inflammatory changes and secondary amyloidosis in his kidneys, heart and colon.
11211479
MALE
[Familial Mediterranean fever: report of a case].
Parodi MP, Coialbu T, Pittaluga M, Cosso R, Bevevino R, Minervini F, Baffico M.
Clin Ter. 2000;151(6):439-41.
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease characterised by recurrent fever, poliserositis, chest and/or abdominal pain.