Abstract
A 22-year-old familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patient was hospitalized for continuous fever, myalgia, hypertension, vertigo and a petechial rash. Laboratory findings revealed hyperglobulinaemia, throm-bocytosis and a leukaemoid reaction. While on steroid therapy the patient sustained a haemorrhage into a renal aneurysm which responded to gel foam embolization. After 12 months of follow-up his condition remained stable under treatment with cyclophosphamide, prednisone and antihypertensive medications. This case provides the fourth example of polyarteritis nodosa associated with FMF.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-141 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Rheumatology |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1987 |
Keywords
- Embolization of renal artery
- Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)
- Polyarteritis nodosa