title: [Mesothelioma and familial Mediterranean fever: A relationship?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The majority of pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomas are linked to asbestos exposure but, in around 20% of cases, no history of such exposure is found. Periodic disease is associated with recurrent serositis, which could favor the development of mesothelioma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of pleural mesothelioma in a 50-year-old Lebanese woman, with no detectable exposure to asbestos but suffering from periodic disease (familial Mediterranean fever) with recurrent episodes of serositis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many cases of peritoneal mesothelioma in patients with FMF are reported in the literature. This is the second reported case of pleural mesothelioma associated with periodic disease. Because of the low incidence of both diseases, further publications are required to support the hypothesis of a causal link. It is important, therefore, that all cases of an association of periodic disease and mesothelioma are reported.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et soins intensifs respiratoires, groupe hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Challita
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et soins intensifs respiratoires, groupe hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guerder
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomopathologie, groupe hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Charpentier
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et soins intensifs respiratoires, groupe hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daher
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et soins intensifs respiratoires, groupe hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et soins intensifs respiratoires, groupe hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France. Electronic address: nicolas.roche@cch.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015984:Causality; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007861:Lebanon / Q000208:ethnology; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000068437:Pemetrexed / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012704:Serous Membrane / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D000068437:Pemetrexed; D003078:Colchicine
keywords: Familial Mediterranean fever; Fièvre méditerranéenne familiale; Maladie périodique; Mesothelioma; Mésothéliome; Periodic disease; Pleura; Plèvre; Serositis; Séreuses