Protracted febrile myalgia of familial Mediterranean fever

N. Kotevoglu¹, F. Sahin¹, S. Oguz Ozkiris¹, M. Bankaoglu², D. Sakiz³, B. Kuran¹

¹Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, ²Radiology Department, ³Radiology Department, Sisli Etfal Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

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. 

Key words
Myalgia, familial Mediterranean fever.

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Clin Exp Rheumatol 2004; 22 (Suppl. 34): S69-S70.
© Copyright Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2004.