Febre familiar do mediterrâneo em pediatria relato de caso

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean Fever - (FMF) is part of a group of diseases known as hereditary periodic febrile syndromes, whose common factor is automatic inflammation, with recurrent fever attacks associated with pleural and/or peritoneal inflammation, arthritis and rashes. The disease reported in this work is the most prevalent among it’s group, but it is still rare and is found mainly among ethnic groups of Mediterranean ancestors. Few reports were found in Brazil, which makes the real analysis of its prevalence difficult, and it can be one of the factors of underdiagnosis. This observational study aims to report the case of a child diagnosed with Familial Mediterranean Fever at the University Hospital of Grande Dourados (HU – UFGD), as well as to review the topic in order to disseminate FFM in the context of differential diagnosis of fever of origin undetermined.