title: Avascular necrosis of the femoral head foreshadowing familial Mediterranean fever: apropos of three cases.
abstract: We reported here on three patients in whom the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever was established after avascular necrosis of the femoral head had been detected. The pathogenesis and the management of this rare concomitance are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Mesut
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Onat
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozçakar
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ureten
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiraz
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ertenli
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calgüneri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male