Familial Mediterranean fever with pseudo-septic arthritis: A case report and review of the literature.

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary auto-inflammatory disease resulting from mutations of the MEFV gene. The disease is characterised by recurrent attacks of abdominal pain and fever. Most FMF patients develop arthritis at some point in their life usually manifesting as self-limiting monoarthritis. On very rare occasions, arthritis in FMF can mimic septic arthritis (pseudo-septic arthritis) with...

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