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Protracted febrile myalgia in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
P Langevitz1, D Zemer, A Livneh
1Heller Institute of Medical Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|September 1, 1994
Abstract
Objective:
We describe a newly defined syndrome of protracted febrile myalgia in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).
Methods:
Fourteen patients with FMF were admitted with an attack of severe disabling myalgia accompanied by fever, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and hyperglobulinemia, lasting up to 6 weeks.
Results:
Unlike in the classical manifestations of FMF response to corticosteroids therapy was prompt.
Conclusion:
Protracted febrile myalgia is an uncommon dramatic manifestation of FMF that may occur despite colchicine therapy and requires treatment with corticosteroids.