A Very Rare Cause of Pleuritic Chest Pain : Bilateral Pleuritis as a First Sign of Familial Mediterranean Fever
Joint Authors
Butun, Saliha E.
Atici, Atilla
Dirican, Adem
Findik, Serhat
Ozkaya, Sevket
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-01-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), also called recurrent polyserositis, is characterized by reccurrent episodes of serositis at pleura, peritoneum, and synovial membrane and fever.
We present a patient with recurrent bilateral pleural effusion due to serositis attacks as a first sign of FMF.
A 59-year-old Turkish man suffered from recurrent pleuritic chest pain due to pleural effusion and atelectasis.
The etiology was not found, and his symptoms were spontaneously recovered during several weeks.
The pleuritic chest pain was associated with abdominal pain in the last attack.
The gene mutation analysis revealed the homozygosity of FMF (F479L) gene mutation in both our patient and his grandchild.
After the colchicine treatment, the attack has not developed.
In conclusion, recurrent pleural effusion and pleuritic chest pain may be the first signs of the FMF.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ozkaya, Sevket& Butun, Saliha E.& Findik, Serhat& Atici, Atilla& Dirican, Adem. 2013. A Very Rare Cause of Pleuritic Chest Pain : Bilateral Pleuritis as a First Sign of Familial Mediterranean Fever. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ozkaya, Sevket…[et al.]. A Very Rare Cause of Pleuritic Chest Pain : Bilateral Pleuritis as a First Sign of Familial Mediterranean Fever. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462833
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ozkaya, Sevket& Butun, Saliha E.& Findik, Serhat& Atici, Atilla& Dirican, Adem. A Very Rare Cause of Pleuritic Chest Pain : Bilateral Pleuritis as a First Sign of Familial Mediterranean Fever. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462833
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-462833