Familial Mediterranean fever and glomerulonephritis and review of the literature.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent and self-limited attacks of fever usually accompanied by polyserositis. Amyloidosis is its most common renal complication. A number of reports have shown vasculitic diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa and Henoch-Schönlein purpura affecting the kidney in FMF. Here we present a patient with FMF and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and analyze the data published on these two entities.
Akpolat
Tekin
T
School of Medicine, Dept. of Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun 55139, Turkey.
Akpolat
Ilkser
I
Karagoz
Filiz
F
Yilmaz
Engin
E
Kandemir
Bedri
B
Ozen
Seza
S
D000328:Adult; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications*; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male