Chronic familial Mediterranean fever with development of secondary amyloidosis.
A 20-year-old Turkish male presented with fever, abdominal pain, and systemic lethargy. His clinical history revealed symptoms to be self-limiting but reoccuring over the past six months. Blood and urine specimens collected indicated amyloidosis. A kidney CT image indicated kidney inflammation. He w...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Laboratory Science Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 2 - 8 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Winter2011
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| Sumario: | A 20-year-old Turkish male presented with fever, abdominal pain, and systemic lethargy. His clinical history revealed symptoms to be self-limiting but reoccuring over the past six months. Blood and urine specimens collected indicated amyloidosis. A kidney CT image indicated kidney inflammation. He was diagnosed with Familial Mediterranean Fever with the development of secondary amyloidosis and treated with colchicine. |
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