Recurrent pleural effusion is an important diagnostic clue to distinguish familial Mediterranean fever from Behçet's disease

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Nov-Dec;35 Suppl 108(6):135. Epub 2017 Oct 31.

Authors

Fumihiro Yamaguchi¹, Miku Tajika², Daisuke Inoue², Yusuke Shikama², Dai Kishida³, Akinori Nakamura³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. f_y@med.showa-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
³ Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.

PMID: 29148417

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
Colchicine / therapeutic use
DNA Mutational Analysis
Diagnosis, Differential
Familial Mediterranean Fever / complications
Familial Mediterranean Fever / diagnosis*
Familial Mediterranean Fever / drug therapy
Familial Mediterranean Fever / genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Heterozygote
Humans
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
Pleural Effusion / etiology*
Predictive Value of Tests
Pyrin / genetics
Recurrence
Remission Induction
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
MEFV protein, human
Pyrin
Colchicine