Pseudotumor Cerebri with Familial Mediterranean Fever in an Adult Patient

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 585 - 587, 28.06.2024

Destina Yalçın , Emine Yılmaz , Reyhan Surmelı , Ferhat Evliyaoglu

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1252588

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis and arthritis. Neurological involvement in FMF is rare but serious. Headache, seizures, demyelinating lesions, stroke, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, aseptic meningitis and cranial neuropathy have been reported in the literature. In this paper, we present a combination of FMF and pseudotumor cerebri in an adult patient.

Keywords

Familial Mediterranean Fever, Pseudotumor Cerebri, Headache

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