title: Protracted febrile myalgia of familial Mediterranean fever.
abstract: Protracted febrile myalgia (PFM) includes severe myalgia of the upper and lower extermities accompanied by fever lasting up to 6 weeks, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and leucucytosis. We report a 13-year-old girl with PFM, and discuss the magnetic resonance imaging findings of the involved calf muscles. To our knowledge these are the only images of the pathology in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Sisli Etfal Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. nurdankotevoglu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kotevoglu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: S Oguz
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ozkiris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bankaoglu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakiz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003079:Colchicum / Q000737:chemistry; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations; D003078:Colchicine