Familial Mediterranean Fever Is Important in the Differential Diagnosis of Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis in Japan

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by a recurrent fever and multiple serositis. In the present report, we discuss the case of a 42-year-old man diagnosed with FMF accompanied by recurrent aseptic meningitis (RAM). The patient experienced RAM at intervals...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2020/01/01, Vol.59(1), pp.125-128
Hauptverfasser:	Hosoi, Takahiro, Ishii, Kazuhiro, Tozaka, Naoki, Kishida, Dai, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Tamaoka, Akira
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aseptic meningitis Case Report colchicine Colchicine - therapeutic use Diagnosis, Differential Differential diagnosis Familial Mediterranean fever Familial Mediterranean Fever - complications Familial Mediterranean Fever - diagnosis Familial Mediterranean Fever - drug therapy Familial Mediterranean Fever - genetics Fever Homozygote Homozygotes Humans Internal medicine Japan Male MEFV gene Meningitis Meningitis, Aseptic - diagnosis Meningitis, Aseptic - etiology Mutation Pyrin - genetics Pyrin protein Recurrence recurrent aseptic meningitis Serositis Synovitis Tubulin Modulators - therapeutic use
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