Pericardial involvement in familial Mediterranean fever.
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چکیده
Two patients with familial Mediterranean fever showed the classic features of pericardial involvement and one of them (Case 2) had pericardial effusion detected by echocardiography. These and previously published cases show that familial Mediterranean fever should be considered as a cause of pericarditis and/or pericardial effusion.
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Incidence of pericardial effusion during attacks of familial Mediterranean fever.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects primarily Jews, Armenians, Turks, and Arabs. It is characterised by recurrent, self limited attacks of fever accompanied by inflammation of the peritoneal, synovial, and pleural surfaces. Pericardial involvement is a well known (0.7–1.4%) but rare feature of the disease. 3 Our initial observation of two patients ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 64 752 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988