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ArticleCureus2024

A Case of Atypical Familial Mediterranean Fever With Pseudopolyposis-Like Mucosal Changes in the Ileum.

Hiroyuki Ariga, Maaya Nakashima, Akiko Mikada, Etaro Hashimoto, Junya Kashimura

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hiroyuki ArigaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Mito, JPN.
Maaya NakashimaDepartment of General Medicine, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Mito, JPN.
Akiko MikadaDepartment of General Medicine, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Mito, JPN.
Etaro HashimotoDepartment of Family Medicine, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Mito, JPN.
Junya KashimuraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Mito, JPN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 15-year-old male patient presented with recurrent fever. Three months prior, he experienced repeated fevers of 38°C, headaches, and malaise for three days. He experienced repeated fevers over 38°C for >72 hours two weeks prior to the current visit. A computed tomography scan showed enlarged lymph nodes around the ileum, suggesting familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) or inflammatory bowel disease. Endoscopic examination revealed a deformed Bauhin valve and inflammatory changes in the ileum, making inflammatory bowel disease unlikely. Thus, FMF was suspected, and after a thorough explanation, the patient was treated with colchicine, and his symptoms improved. Genetic testing revealed a mutation in the

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colchicinefamilial mediterranean feverinflammatory bowel diseasemefv geneperiodic fever

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PMID38586232
PMCPMC10995751

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