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Protracted arthritis in a Japanese patient with familial Mediterranean fever.
Modern rheumatology - 1 Sept 2017
Migita Kiyoshi, Hisanaga Sachi, Izumi Yasumori, Kawahara Chieko, Shigemitsu Yoshika, Iwanaga Nozomi, Araki Toshitaka, Kamata Masatsugu, Izumi Masahiro, Kumagai Kenji, Kawakami Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
The most common arthritic involvement in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is acute self- limiting monoarthritis which typically lasts for 72 h. Hip joint involvement is uncommon in FMF and can result either from a process specific to this disease or from a coexisting inflammatory joint disease. We describe a 37-year-old woman with FMF and right osteoarthritis secondary to congenital hip dislocation. Periodic...
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