pleurisy/fever

BACKGROUND Metal fume fever (MFF) is a well-known complication of zinc oxide fume inhalation. Prompt recognition of this condition is essential for the proper medical management of this self-limited disease. OBJECTIVE To present a unique and unusual case of MFF. RESULTS Our patient is a 25-year-old

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease affecting predominantly populations surrounding the Mediterranean basin. It is the most prevalent hereditary periodic fever syndrome characterized mainly by recurrent and short attacks of fever and serositis (pleuritis, arthritis,

Recurrent pleurisy as sole manifestation offamilial Mediterranean fever. An 18-year-old woman of Turkish descent visited our outpatient department with a 12-year history of recurrent self-limiting febrile attacks accompanied by chest pain. At first the symptoms were attributed to recurrent lower

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic autoinflammatory disease especially affecting populations of Mediterranean origin with an autosomal recessive inheritance. The cardinal manifestations consist of short febrile and painful attacks of peritonitis, arthritis and pleuritis developing

We report two cases of pleurisy caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria followed by pneumothorax. The onset of pleurisy was accompanied by acute fever. Cultured samples of the pleural effusions from the two patients, an 80-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman, were ultimately found to contain

The familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), also called recurrent polyserositis, is characterized by reccurrent episodes of serositis at pleura, peritoneum, and synovial membrane and fever. We present a patient with recurrent bilateral pleural effusion due to serositis attacks as a first sign of FMF. A

Chest plain computed tomography revealed a high-density area along the pleura of the right lung base with pleural thickening (arrow heads). Keywords: respiratory disease; rheumatologic disease.