Familial Mediterranean fever and multiple sclerosis

TOPÇUOĞLU M. A., KARABUDAK R.

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, cilt.244, sa.8, ss.510-514, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 244 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 1997
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s004150050134
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.510-514
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: familial Mediterranean fever, neurological complications, multiple sclerosis, AMYLOIDOSIS, VASCULITIS, DISEASE
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are extremely rare. These include pseudotumor cerebri, optic neuritis, CNS complications of polyarteritis nodosa type vasculitis, or hypercoagulable states secondary to renal amyloidosis, recurrent aseptic meningitis, and amyloid ophthalmoplegia. We present three patients with FMF whose neurological findings and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities resembled multiple sclerosis (MS). These two conditions in the same patient could arise from either coincidence or an unknown patho-physiological relationship. Both explanations are equally speculative and this matter needs further study, especially to investigate MRI features in FMF patients without CNS symptoms.