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We report the case of a 44 year old female gardener who presented to our emergency ward with lumbago, myalgia and fever of 39 degrees Celsius. She also reported acholic stools, darker looking urine and ikteric skin complexion. The patient was suffering from acute hepatitis A virus induced liver
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal, recessively inherited multisystem disease that affects various groups of people originating from the Mediterranean Sea region, most specifically those of Jewish, Turkish, Armenian, and Arabic ethnicity. Recurrent attacks of fever and sterile
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of central fever associated with severe myalgia following esomeprazole.
METHODS
A 64-year-old man presented with intense cephalalgia; severe, diffuse myalgia; and fever (>40 degrees C) after esomeprazole initiation for treatment of gastritis. Five hours after ingestion of
BACKGROUND
Protracted Febrile Myalgia is a rare form of vasculitis that is diagnosed in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case with Familial Mediterranean and Anklosing Spondylitis on anti-TNF therapy for three years, who developed protracted febrile myalgia
Fever and myalgia are non-specific clinical manifestations of illness which commonly occur in patients with arboviral disease. In Egypt, such illness is often mis-diagnosed as "influenza". To determine arboviral aetiology in patients admitted with fever and myalgia, acute and convalescent sera
OBJECTIVE
To present an analysis of patients with protracted febrile myalgia (PFM), a rarely reported manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), and propose clinical criteria for working diagnosis.
METHODS
A multicenter retrospective cohort study of children with PFM was performed.
To study prospectively the effects of a brief febrile viral infection on parameters of muscle and circulatory function, seven volunteers were inoculated with sandfly fever virus and two control subjects with sterile saline. During but not after fever, decreased isometric and dynamic strength and
Allergen immunotherapy is commonly incorporated in the management of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, allergic asthma, and insect sting hypersensitivity. It is generally safe, but systemic reactions occasionally occur, mainly of the immediate type and rarely of the delayed type. We report a case of a
Protracted febrile myalgia (PFM) is a rare form of vasculitic disease that affects patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Mutation analysis performed in 15 patients who suffered from this disorder showed that 9 of the 15 patients were homozygous for M694V. FMF in these 9 patients was
A 41-year-old active duty male was transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, for further evaluation of fever, rash, myalgias, arthralgias, and respiratory failure. An extensive evaluation with input from numerous subspecialties of medicine was performed. The patient was
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common type of monogenic periodic fever syndromes and characterized by recurrent self-limited attacks of fever and polyserositis. Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms are not uncommon and manifested as arthritis and myalgia. Myalgia may be spontaneous or
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a multisystem disease characterized by recurrent polyserositis episodes seen in certain ethnic groups. In recent years the clinical picture of FMF has been expanded and severe myalgia is a frequently recognized component of the syndrome. Protracted febrile
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a disease progressing with recurrent serositis episodes and usually accompanied by fever. Symptoms, such as myalgia and skin lesion, are less common in the clinical presentation of FMF. Herein, we present a 23-year-old female patient who was admitted to our
New clinical symptoms in the context of rheumatic inflammatory system diseases require the exact knowledge of the anamnestic symptom-characteristic. Fever, skin changes and myalgia are frequent and unspecific symptoms that need a particularly broad-based interdisciplinary approach to identify
Protracted febrile myalgia (PFM) includes severe myalgia of the upper and lower extermities accompanied by fever lasting up to 6 weeks, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and leucucytosis. We report a 13-year-old girl with PFM, and discuss the magnetic resonance imaging findings of the