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Case Reports
. 2015 Oct;11(3):278-80.
doi: 10.1007/s11420-015-9444-x. Epub 2015 May 12.

A Case Report of Familial Mediterranean Fever Diagnosed Following the Total Knee Arthroplasty

Sumito Kawamura  1 , Kazunaga Agematsu  2 , Daisuke Kawamura  3 , Goroh Kawamura  3 , Koji Suzuki  4 , Michio Minami  4
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Case Reports

A Case Report of Familial Mediterranean Fever Diagnosed Following the Total Knee Arthroplasty

Sumito Kawamura et al. HSS J. 2015 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: familial mediterranean fever (FMF); infection; total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

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Fig. 1
This specimen of synovium obtained during the TKR based stained with H&E demonstrates (arrow) a non-specific inflammation reaction. There is no evidence of lymphoid follicles or plasma cells suggestive of rheumatoid arthritis (bar = 100 μm).
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