A Case of Recurrent Abdominal Pain with Fever and Urticarial Eruption

A case of recurrent abdominal pain with fever and urticarial eruption.

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serosal, synovial, or cutaneous inflammation, caused by a dysfunction of pyrin as a result of mutation within the MEFV gene. It occurs mainly among Mediterranean and Middle Eastern populations, including Jews, Arabs, and Turks. However, FMF cases have been reported outside the M...

A 50 Year Old Man with Fever and Abdominal Pain

The patient is a 50-year-old man who has been diagnosed with abdominal pain, fever, shivering and constipation with nausea and vomiting with a possible diagnosis of typhoid. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis was performed by injection of contrast agent for the patient. What is your diagnosis?

Isolated Splenic Metastasis Presenting with Continuous Fever and Abdominal Pain

A Case Report of Recurrent Rheumatic Fever: Considerations and Comments

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a prevalent healthcare problem in the developing countries. Recurrence of this disorder is often observed in childhood and adolescence. RF can mimic the presentations of infective endocarditis, and clinicians are not really familiar with this issue. Herein, we present a case of recurrent acute rheumatic fever in a patient suspicious of acute bacterial endocarditis due to...

A Patient With Abdominal Pain and Fever

rate, and body temperature were 100/60 mmHg, 64 beats/ min, 20 breaths/min, and 38.1C, respectively. The patient showed signs of acute abdomen, and physical examination revealed direct and rebound tenderness in the right lower Question: A 72-year old woman presented to our hospital because of severe pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and fever for one day. Her medical history did n...