Chronic destructive arthritis in familial Mediterranean fever: the predominance of hip involvement and its management

Chronic destructive arthritis is a rare complication of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). The hip joints are most commonly involved, but destructive changes may also occur in the knees, ankles, sacroiliac spine, shoulder, or temporomandibular joints. A 28-year-old man with bilateral advanced coxit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1981-03, Vol.155 (155), p.156-161
Hauptverfasser:	Kaushansky, K, Finerman, G A, Schwabe, A D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Arthritis - complications Arthritis - surgery Chronic Disease Familial Mediterranean Fever - complications Hip Joint - diagnostic imaging Hip Joint - pathology Hip Joint - surgery Hip Prosthesis Humans Male Pelvic Bones - diagnostic imaging Radiography Sacroiliac Joint Synovial Membrane - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	Chronic destructive arthritis is a rare complication of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). The hip joints are most commonly involved, but destructive changes may also occur in the knees, ankles, sacroiliac spine, shoulder, or temporomandibular joints. A 28-year-old man with bilateral advanced coxitis and FMF was successfully treated by total hip arthroplasty.
ISSN:	0009-921X
DOI:	10.1097/00003086-198103000-00027