[Fever and abdominal pain. A case of familial mediterranean fever].

Perelló Carbonell, R; Smithson Amat, A; Supervía Caparrós, A; Arenillas Rocha, L; Torrente Segarra, V; Skaf Peters, E

[Fever and abdominal pain. A case of familial mediterranean fever]. / Fiebre y dolor abdominal. Un caso de fiebre mediterránea familiar.

Perelló Carbonell, R; Smithson Amat, A; Supervía Caparrós, A; Arenillas Rocha, L; Torrente Segarra, V; Skaf Peters, E.

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Perelló Carbonell R; Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona. rperello@imas.imim.es

An Med Interna ; 21(12): 590-2, 2004 Dec.

Article en Es | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15628954

RESUMEN

Familial mediterranean fever (FMF) is an hereditary disease transmitted in an autosomal recessive way and characterized by recurrent and brief episodes of fever and pain secondary to serositis. The pain is usually located in abdomen simulating an acute abdomen, and in thorax in the form of pleuritic pain. The most severe complication of the FMF is the development of amyloidosis being the main cause of death. This illness affects an specific ethnic group of the mediterranean area, but the prevalence in our area is low. We present the case of a 30 years old man with recurrent thoracic and abdominal pain, whose final diagnostic was FMF. Insisting on the difficulty that it was recognize this proper illness.

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Dolor Abdominal/etiología; Fiebre Mediterránea Familiar/complicaciones; Fiebre/etiología; Adulto; Fiebre Mediterránea Familiar/diagnóstico; Humanos; Masculino

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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Fiebre Mediterránea Familiar / Dolor Abdominal / Fiebre Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: Es Revista: An Med Interna Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA INTERNA Año: 2004 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: España

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