title: Recurrent peripheral facial palsy in a child with familial Mediterranean fever.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recurrent peripheral facial palsy is uncommon in children. It mostly occurs as an idiopathic disorder and to a lesser extent in the setting of some infectious, genetic, or systemic disorders. However, its association with familial Mediterranean fever has not been reported before.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a 14-year-old girl who experienced three episodes of right-sided peripheral facial palsy during a 9-month interval. She had a diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (homozygous with M694V mutation) and she had been receiving colchicine for 8 years. Recurrent peripheral facial palsy could be a neurological manifestation of vasculitis in familial Mediterranean fever.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recurrent peripheral facial palsy may be a manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Dr. Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: drunsalyilmaz@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Unsal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gülez
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cubukçu
authors.forename: Orkide
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Güzel
authors.forename: Gülçin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oztürk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence
keywords: children; familial Mediterranean fever; recurrent peripheral facial palsy