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Febre familiar do Mediterrâneo

Last reviewed: 13 Apr 2025
Last updated: 31 Aug 2022

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • febre periódica
  • dor abdominal
  • hábito intestinal alterado
  • edema/dor aguda na articulação
  • resposta à colchicina
  • lesões cutâneas do tipo erisipela
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Other diagnostic factors

  • dor torácica pleurítica
  • mialgia aguda
  • hepatoesplenomegalia
  • história de apendicectomia
  • cicatrizes abdominais
  • dor articular crônica
  • atrito pleural
  • mialgia/fibromialgia crônica
  • cefaleia
  • rigidez de nuca
  • fotofobia
  • dor escrotal aguda + edema
  • distúrbios visuais
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Risk factors

  • ascendência mediterrânea
  • idade <20 anos
  • sexo masculino
  • história familiar positiva
  • mutação genética no gene MEFV
  • país de origem: Armênia, Turquia ou bacia do Mediterrâneo
  • estresse psicológico
  • doença viral
  • esforço físico
  • exaustão extrema
  • uso de simpatomiméticos vasoconstritores
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • Hemograma completo
  • velocidade de hemossedimentação
  • proteína C-reativa
  • fibrinogênio sérico
  • amiloide A sérica
  • TFHs
  • análise da urina
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Tests to consider

  • lactato desidrogenase (LDH)
  • radiografia torácica
  • radiografia da articulação
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) abdominal
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) do tórax
  • ecocardiograma
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) da articulação
  • teste genético
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

ataque agudo

ONGOING

febre familiar do Mediterrâneo (FFM) confirmada

Contributors

Authors

Erkan Demirkaya, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Professor of Paediatrics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Department of Paediatrics

Division of Paediatric Rheumatology

University of Western Ontario

London

ON

Canada

Disclosures

ED is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Acknowledgements

Dr Erkan Demirkaya would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Véronique Hentgen and Dr Ghaith Mitri, the previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

VH has been reimbursed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (the manufacturer of canakinumab) for attending several conferences, has received consulting fees from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and is an author of references cited in this topic. GM declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

M. Eric Gershwin, MD

Distinguished Professor of Medicine

The Jack and Donald Chia Professor of Medicine

Chief

Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility

University of California at Davis

Davis

CA

Disclosures

MEG declares that he has no competing interests.

Isabelle Touitou, MD, PhD

Medical Unit for Autoinflammatory Diseases

Genetic Laboratory

Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital

Montpellier

France

Disclosures

IT declares that she has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

Gattorno M, Hofer M, Federici S, et al. Classification criteria for autoinflammatory recurrent fevers. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug;78(8):1025-32.Full text  Abstract

Giancane G, Ter Haar NM, Wulffraat N, et al. Evidence-based recommendations for genetic diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Apr;74(4):635-41. Abstract

Ozen S, Demirkaya E, Erer B, et al. EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Apr;75(4):644-51. Abstract

Reference articles

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