Infliximab therapy in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever and chronic hip arthritis

Anti-TNF agents in familial Mediterranean fever: report of three cases and review of the literature

“…Patients with other coexisting rheumatic diseases also require different treatment strategies. There are reports of patients with hereditary recurrent fever syndromes, including FMF, who have been treated with biologic agents including anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-a) [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. We herein present reports of three Turkish patients (all were positive for HLA B27) with typical spondylitis associated with FMF who were successfully managed with anti-TNF agents.…”

Genç bir hastada koksartrozun nadir bir nedeni: Ailesel Akdeniz Ateşi

“…Daysal ve arkadaşları benzer biçimde 21 yaşında AAA ile birliktelik gösteren bir koksartroz olgusu bildirmiş, ayırıcı tanıda idiopatik juvenil artrit birlikteliğinin dışlanamadığını ifade etmişlerdir. Ancak MRI bulgularındaki kronik artrit açısından tipik olabilecek anlamlı sinoviyal hipertrofi, efüzyon ve erozyonların olmayışı olguyu bu tanıdan uzaklaştırmaktadır (11). Benzer biçimde bizim olgumuzda da MRI açısından benzer özellikler mevcuttu.…”

A Case with Familial Mediterranean Fever which Responds Well to Adalimumab Treatment

“…[16] Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors have been reported to be effective in the treatment of FMF in many case reports. [4,[9][10][11][12] Most of the patients were treated with infliximab, and one patient was treated with etanercept. [9] Our patient responded to TNF-α (adalimumab) treatment.…”

“…There are a few reports of FMF cases that were treated with a tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor. [4,[9][10][11][12] In this article, we report on a patient who was followed up after a diagnosis of AS for two years, diagnosed with FMF in our clinic and who responded to adalimumab treatment.…”