A case of familial Mediterranean fever triggered by acute adrenal insufficiency due to an abrupt withdrawal of corticosteroids

Authors :: Kunihiro Ichinose
Atsushi Kawakami
Kiyoto Ashizawa
Taro Watanobe
Tomohiro Koga
Takao Ando
Masataka Umeda
Source :: Modern Rheumatology Case Reports. 2:221-224
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018.
Abstract: A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with muscle pain on legs, anorexia, vomiting and fever after the discontinuation of oral betamethasone. Laboratory studies revealed elevated CRP, and ...

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