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.

Pleuritis

Inflammation of the pleura.


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PMID (PMCID)
30511549
MALE
Polyarteritis nodosa in case of familial Mediterranean fever.
Gokce , Altuntas U, Filinte D, Alpay H.
Turk J Pediatr. 2018;60(3):326-330.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent self-limited attacks of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleuritis, and arthritis.
29624229
MALE
Two cases of periodic fever syndrome with coexistent mevalonate kinase and Mediterranean fever gene mutations.
Cakan M, Aktay-Ayaz N, Keskindemirci G, Karadag G.
Turk J Pediatr. 2017;59(4):467-470.
Familial Mediterranean fever is the most common periodic fever syndrome and characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, arthritis, peritonitis, pleuritis that typically last 1-3 days.
29900978
OTHER
Coexistence of Familial Mediterranean Fever With Ankylosing Spondylitis and Sjogren's Syndrome: A Rare Occurrence.
Dortbas F, Garip Y, Guler T, Karci AA.
Arch Rheumatol. 2016;31(1):87-90.
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, peritonitis, synovitis, pleuritis, and erysipelas-like skin lesions.
24533546
FEMALE
Coexistence of two rare genetic disorders: Kartagener syndrome and familial Mediterranean fever.
Cetin D, Genc Cetin B, enturk T, ahin Cildag S, Ylmaz Akdam .
Mod Rheumatol. 2015;25(2):312-4.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and peritonitis, pleuritis, arthritis, or erysipelas-like skin disease.
25398289
FEMALE Adult
Intrauterine device may trigger typical attacks of familial Mediterranean fever: a case report.
Kurultak I, Kinalp C, Ceri M, Evrenkaya TR.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2015;127(1-2):68-70.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by episodic, recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever and serositis (sterile peritonitis, pleuritis, arthritis, etc).
23400211
(3565148)
MALE Young Adult
Extensive thrombosis in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever, despite hyperimmunoglobulin D state in serum. [corrected].
Joo K, Park W, Chung MH, Lim MJ, Jung KH, Heo Y, Kwon SR.
J Korean Med Sci. 2013;28(2):328-30.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleuritis, arthritis, or erysipelas-like erythema.
24383976
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Three Japanese patients (mother and two children) with familial Mediterranean fever associated with compound heterozygosity for L110P/E148Q/M694I and an autosomal true dominant inheritance pattern.
Fukushima Y, Obara K, Hirata H, Sugiyama K, Fukuda T, Takabe K.
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 2013;31(4):325-9.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterized by repeated episodes of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis, and synovitis.
23453719
MALE
[Cutaneous polymorph manifestations of familial Mediterranean fever in a child].
Gonzales F, Begon Lours J, Kalach N, Gosset P, Lasek Duriez A.
Arch Pediatr. 2013;20(4):382-5.
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and polyserositis including peritonitis, pleuritis, and arthritis.
21416236
MALE Young Adult
Coexistence of Takayasu's arteritis with familial Mediterranean fever.
Zihni FY, Kalfa M, Ocakc PT, Tarhan F, Parildar M, Keser G, Aksu K.
Rheumatol Int. 2012;32(6):1675-8.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent self-limited attacks of fever, accompanied with peritonitis, pleuritis or arthritis.
21259007
FEMALE Child
Polyarteritis nodosa and Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis in a child with familial Mediterranean fever: a case report.
Girisgen I, Sonmez F, Koseoglu K, Erisen S, Yilmaz D.
Rheumatol Int. 2012;32(2):529-33.
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent self-limited attacks of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleuritis, and arthritis.
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.
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.
It can also be related to familial Mediterranean fever, an autosomic recessive inflammatory disease, characterized by fever, abdominal pain, and pleuritis mainly seen in persons from the Mediterranean area.
17304178
MALE
[Myalgia in familial Mediterranean fever].
B'chir Hamzaoui S, Bouslama K, Abdallah M, M'rad R, M'rad S, Ben Dridi M.
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2007;163(1):93-5.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and painful episodes of sterile peritonitis, pleuritis and arthritis.
17052063
MALE
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome and familial Mediterranean fever in a single patient: two distinct genetic diseases located on chromosome 16p13.3.
Kalyoncu U, Tufan A, Karadag O, Kisacik B, Akdogan A, Calguneri M.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2006;98(10):1692-3.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease, caused by mutations in the FMF-gene [Mediterranean fever (MEFV)] and characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and peritonitis, arthritis and pleuritis.
11305198
MALE Child
[Familial Mediterranean fever].
Steiss JO, Wiemann J, Rutz A, Wossmann W, Gortner L.
Klin Padiatr. 2001;213(2):86-8.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterized by febrile attacks, acute abdominal pain, pleuritis or arthritis and predominantly observed in ethnic groups of the Mediterranean area (Sephardic Jews, Turks, Armenians).