Avascular necrosis of the femoral head foreshadowing familial Mediterranean fever: apropos of three cases.
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.
Onat
Ahmet Mesut
AM
Department of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozçakar
Levent
L
Ureten
Kemal
K
Kiraz
Sedat
S
Ertenli
Ihsan
I
Calgüneri
Meral
M
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