Ankylosing Spondylitis. An Unusual Manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever. Report of a Case Complicated by Amyloidosis and Polyneuropathy

Overview

Journal Clin Rheumatol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Rheumatology

Date 1989 Sep 1

PMID 2805617

Citations 5

Authors

D C Knockaert

I G Malysse

W E Peetermans

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Abstract

We report a case of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with typical clinical and roentgenological findings of ankylosing spondylitis. The spinal involvement in FMF is discussed. A second unusual feature of this case is the occurrence of polyneuropathy which could possibly be ascribed to the slowly evolving amyloidosis during continuous colchicine treatment.

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