An adult case of atypical familial Mediterranean fever (pyrin‐associated autoinflammatory disease) similar to adult‐onset Still’s disease

We present a 55‐year‐old woman with periodic fever and symptoms similar to adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD). She had a heterogeneous mutation of the MEFV gene and colchicine was effective. Atypical familial Mediterranean fever (pyrin‐associated autoinflammatory disease) should be considered i...

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Autores principales: Tsuruma, Hayato, Sato, Hiroe, Hasegawa, Eriko, Nozawa, Yukiko, Nakatsue, Takeshi, Wada, Yoko, Kuroda, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yoshiki, Nakano, Masaaki, Narita, Ichiei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2102
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Sumario:We present a 55‐year‐old woman with periodic fever and symptoms similar to adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD). She had a heterogeneous mutation of the MEFV gene and colchicine was effective. Atypical familial Mediterranean fever (pyrin‐associated autoinflammatory disease) should be considered in patients with periodic fever accompanied by symptoms similar to AOSD.

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