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Apandisit mi, ailevi Akdeniz ateşi atağı mı: nasıl ayırt edebiliriz?

How to distinguish: appendicitis or acute abdominal attack of FMF?

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Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive inherited disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and pain secondary to polyserositis, mainly of the abdomen and joints. The symptoms are sudden onset, occur before the age of 20 in 90% of the patients and generally decrease spontaneously within 1-4 days. Because of similar clinical and laboratory settings, it is difficult to differentiate an attack of Familial Mediterranean fever from acute appendicitis and other acute abdominal conditions. Therefore preoperative evaluation is very important to prevent unnecessary surgical approach in Familial Mediterranean fever patients with abdominal attacks. In these circumstances, contrast enhanced abdominal tomography may be preferred if there is still doubt about the diagnosis. We report a case of perforated appendicitis and Familial Mediterranean fever whom we evaluated with contrast enhanced abdominal tomography.
Abstract (Original Language): 
Ailevi Akdeniz ateşi, tekrarlayan ateş ile özellikle karın ve eklemlerde, poliserözite ikincil ortaya çıkan ağrı ataklarıyla karakterize, otozomal resesif geçiş gösteren bir hastalıktır. Bulgular ani başlangıçlıdır, hastaların %90'ında 20 yaşından önce ortaya çıkar ve genellikle 1 ile 4 gün içinde kendiliğinden kaybolur. Benzer klinik ve laboratuvar bulguları nedeni ile ailevi Akdeniz ateşi atağını, akut apandisit ve diğer akut karın tablolarından ayırt etmek zor olabilir. Ailevi Akdeniz ateşinin akut atağı tanısı ile takip edilen hastalarda gereksiz cerrahi girişimleri önlemek açısından ameliyat öncesi değerlendirme önem kazanmaktadır. Bu koşullar altında, klinik tanının halen şüpheli olduğu durumda kontrastlı batın tomografisi tanının doğrulanması amacı ile tercih edilebilir. Bu yazıda kontrastlı batın tomografisi ile tanı konan, ailevi Akdeniz ateşi ve perfore apandisit tanılı bir hasta sunulmuştur.
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