Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3

Introduction. Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of genetically inherited disorders and familial Mediterranean fever is the most common of this group. It is rare in other than Middle East populations. Clinical manifestations of FMF are attacks of fever usually shorter than 24 hours, associated wi...

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Autores principales: Ninel REVENCO, Lucia ANDRIES, Victoria SACARA, Alexandr DORIF, Doina BARBA, Rodica EREMCIUC, Olga GAIDARJI
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d9a12e5fe61c45ab817e49757cce654d2021-12-02T17:05:42ZChallenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 310.38045/ohrm.2020.1.182887-34582587-3466https://doaj.org/article/d9a12e5fe61c45ab817e49757cce654d2020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.ohrm.bba.md/index.php/journal-ohrm-bba-md/article/view/74/39https://doaj.org/toc/2887-3458https://doaj.org/toc/2587-3466Introduction. Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of genetically inherited disorders and familial Mediterranean fever is the most common of this group. It is rare in other than Middle East populations. Clinical manifestations of FMF are attacks of fever usually shorter than 24 hours, associated with arthritis, pleuritic chest pain, and abdominal pain. Case presentation. A 15-year-old female patient was included in the study. She complained of recurrent episodes of fever associated with arthritis and abdominal pain. Moreover, the patient presented dysmorphic features like hyperthelorism, prognathia, scoliosis, pectus carinatum, and hypermobility syndrome. The laboratory exam revealed mutations in both MEVF and SMAD 3. Conclusions. An autoinflammatory disorder should be suspected in any patient who has a history of recurrent fever. The attack patterns of FMF varies not just in different patients, but also in the same patient. Mainstay of treatment is colchicine that significantly improves the prognosis of patients with FMF.Ninel REVENCO Lucia ANDRIESVictoria SACARAAlexandr DORIFDoina BARBARodica EREMCIUCOlga GAIDARJIAsociatia de Biosiguranta si Biosecuritatearticleautoinflammatory diseasesfamilial mediterranean feverchildrenMedicineRScienceQENFRRORUOne Health & Risk Management, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 68-72 (2020)
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topic autoinflammatory diseases
familial mediterranean fever
children
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spellingShingle autoinflammatory diseases
familial mediterranean fever
children
Medicine
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Ninel REVENCO
Lucia ANDRIES
Victoria SACARA
Alexandr DORIF
Doina BARBA
Rodica EREMCIUC
Olga GAIDARJI
Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
description Introduction. Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of genetically inherited disorders and familial Mediterranean fever is the most common of this group. It is rare in other than Middle East populations. Clinical manifestations of FMF are attacks of fever usually shorter than 24 hours, associated with arthritis, pleuritic chest pain, and abdominal pain. Case presentation. A 15-year-old female patient was included in the study. She complained of recurrent episodes of fever associated with arthritis and abdominal pain. Moreover, the patient presented dysmorphic features like hyperthelorism, prognathia, scoliosis, pectus carinatum, and hypermobility syndrome. The laboratory exam revealed mutations in both MEVF and SMAD 3. Conclusions. An autoinflammatory disorder should be suspected in any patient who has a history of recurrent fever. The attack patterns of FMF varies not just in different patients, but also in the same patient. Mainstay of treatment is colchicine that significantly improves the prognosis of patients with FMF.
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author Ninel REVENCO
Lucia ANDRIES
Victoria SACARA
Alexandr DORIF
Doina BARBA
Rodica EREMCIUC
Olga GAIDARJI
author_facet Ninel REVENCO
Lucia ANDRIES
Victoria SACARA
Alexandr DORIF
Doina BARBA
Rodica EREMCIUC
Olga GAIDARJI
author_sort Ninel REVENCO
title Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
title_short Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
title_full Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
title_fullStr Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
title_full_unstemmed Challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
title_sort challenging diagnosis: coexistence of two rare diseases - familial mediterranean fever and loyez-dietz syndrome type 3
publisher Asociatia de Biosiguranta si Biosecuritate
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/d9a12e5fe61c45ab817e49757cce654d
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