A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER PRESENTED WITH VOMITING

ARSLAN N., Gencpinar P., Makay B., BORA E., Unsal E.

PAEDIATRIA CROATICA, vol.56, no.3, pp.257-259, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: PAEDIATRIA CROATICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.257-259
  • Keywords: CHILD, PRESCHOOL, FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, VOMITING, PREVALENCE, CHILDREN
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait affecting mainly persons of Mediterranean descent, especially Arabs, Jews, Armenians and Turks. Fever peritoneal and pleural inflammation, arthritis, erysipelas-like erythema, and arthralgia are well known features of familial Mediterranean lever We herein report a three-year-old boy, who presented with vomiting and agitation attacks and was found to be a compound heterozygote for M694V/M6801 mutation of the MEFV gene.