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.

Septic arthritis



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PMID (PMCID)
21727109
 MALE Child
Novel protagonists in autoinflammatory arthritis of familial Mediterranean fever.
Al-Salam S, Conca W.
Pediatrics. 2011;128(2):e464-70.
To clarify mechanisms responsible for the self-limiting and nonerosive features of autoinflammatory joint disease in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), we performed a study on synovial tissue obtained surgically from an acutely inflamed hip joint from a boy feared to have septic arthritis but later found to be homozygous for mutation M694I in pyrin/marenostrin.
17387477
 MALE Child
Protracted familial mediterranean fever arthritis presenting as septic arthritis.
Usluer H, Bircan Z.
Rheumatol Int. 2007;27(11):1083-5.
Protracted familial mediterranean fever arthritis presenting as septic arthritis.
15700115
 FEMALE Adult
Familial Mediterranean fever mimicking septic arthritis.
Uthman I, El-Sayyad J, El-hajj I, Bizri AR.
Rheumatol Int. 2005;25(8):633-4.
Familial Mediterranean fever mimicking septic arthritis.