title: [Recurrent pericardial effusion due to familiar Mediterranean fever].
abstract: Pericarditis is usually a complication of viral or bacterial infection. In addition, it can be associated to systemic diseases such as autoimmune disorders, rheumatic fever, cancer, tuberculosis and AIDS. It can also be related to familial Mediterranean fever, an autosomic recessive inflammatory disease, characterized by fever, abdominal pain, and pleuritis mainly seen in persons from the Mediterranean area. In this study, we described the evolution and treatment response to colchicine in three patients with pericarditis associated to familial Mediterranean fever. Two of the patients had a pericardiectomy showing in their biopsy nonspecified inflammatory changes. Later their diagnosis were confirmed by genetic markers, echocardiogram and EKG. They were treated with antiviral and antibiotics without any improvement; subsequently they had good results with colchicine.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Centro Médico ABC, Distrito Federal, México. jhalabe@hotmail.com
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halabe-Cherem
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamui-Sutton
authors.forename: Salomón
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen-Cohen
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sacal-Dumani
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shuchleib-Cung
authors.forename: Haiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nellen-Hummel
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rábago-Arredondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D055815:Young Adult