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.

Leukoencephalopathy

This term describes abnormality of the white matter of the cerebrum resulting from damage to the myelin sheaths of nerve cells.


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PMID (PMCID)
20306050
 FEMALE Young Adult
Posterior reversible encephalopathy during an attack of familial Mediterranean fever.
Ulasl AM, Kutlu G, Kocaturk O, Ozcakar L.
Rheumatol Int. 2012;32(6):1779-81.
Although a variety of conditions have been reported in association with this syndrome, to our best notice, this is the second case in whom familial Mediterranean fever and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy coexists.
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 MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Familial Mediterranean fever and central nervous system involvement: a case series.
Kalyoncu U, Eker A, Oguz KK, Kurne A, Kalan I, Topcuoglu AM, Anlar B, Bilginer Y, Arici M, Yilmaz E, Kiraz S, Calguneri M, Karabudak R.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2010;89(2):75-84.
We conducted this study to determine familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)-associated central nervous system involvement including demyelinating lesions, stroke, and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES).