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.

Atelectasis

Collapse of part of a lung associated with absence of inflation (air) of that part.


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3813759
 MALE Adult
Recurrent pulmonary atelectasis as a manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever.
Brauman A, Gilboa Y.
Arch Intern Med. 1987;147(2):378-9.
Recurrent pulmonary atelectasis as a manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever.
3813759
 MALE Adult
Recurrent pulmonary atelectasis as a manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever.
Brauman A, Gilboa Y.
Arch Intern Med. 1987;147(2):378-9.
Recurrent attacks of pulmonary atelectasis were the leading sign of familial Mediterranean fever in a young man of Jewish-Georgian extraction.
3813759
 MALE Adult
Recurrent pulmonary atelectasis as a manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever.
Brauman A, Gilboa Y.
Arch Intern Med. 1987;147(2):378-9.
To our knowledge, this is the first case of familial Mediterranean fever presenting with recurrent pulmonary atelectasis.