Author/Authors
Tümgör, Gökhan Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, Turkey , El, Çiğdem Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, Turkey , Bucak, İbrahim Hakan Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, Turkey , Yılmaz, Mustafa Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, Turkey
Title Of Article
Association of Familial Mediterranean Fever and Crohn’s disease
شماره ركورد
26858
Abstract
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive, short, acute, self-limiting disease characterized by attacks of fever and polyserositis, which is common in countries around the Mediterranean. Inflammatory bowel disease is a term used to describe Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease that associated with chronic idiopathic inflammatory. The patient had FMF but she had been well until approximately 20 days before admission, when malaise, fever, abdominal pain, right knee and ankle edema developed. She was taking colchicine. The patient diagnosed as Crohn Disease by endoscopy and histopathology. This case report is presented to emphasize the association of two diseases.
From Page
301
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Familial Mediterranean Fever , inflammatory bowel disease , Crohn’s disease , childhood
JournalTitle
Dicle Medical Journal
To Page
303
JournalTitle
Dicle Medical Journal
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