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.

Intestinal perforation

A hole (perforation) in the wall of the intestine.


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PMID (PMCID)
15547842
 MALE Child
A very rare consequence of steroid therapy: ileal perforation in a patient with familial mediterranean fever.
Sakallioglu AE, Arda IS, Sevmis S, Baskin E, Bilezikci B, Hicsonmez A.
J Pediatr Surg. 2004;39(11):1724-5.
Intestinal perforation rarely occurs in children with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).