AI Article Synopsis
- Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic disorder marked by recurrent fever, rashes, and inflammation in multiple body tissues.
- FMF can show nonspecific symptoms, which makes it difficult to differentiate from other conditions, including metastatic Crohn's disease (MCD).
- The text discusses a patient whose FMF diagnosis was delayed due to symptoms that closely resembled those of MCD.
Article Abstract
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary disorder that presents with recurrent fever, rash, and polyserosal inflammation. The nonspecific symptoms of FMF allow it to mimic a large variety of diseases including metastatic Crohn's disease (MCD). MCD is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease characterized by the presence of cutaneous noncaseating granulomas that are noncontiguous within the gastrointestinal tract. We describe a patient who had a delay in diagnosis of FMF as her clinical presentation mimicked MCD.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11257665 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000839 | DOI Listing |
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