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Case Reports
. 2024 Jul 7;96(6):622-627.
doi: 10.26442/00403660.2024.06.202730.

[Challenges in diagnosing familial Mediterranean fever: exploring atypical clinical features. Clinical case]

[Article in Russian]
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[Challenges in diagnosing familial Mediterranean fever: exploring atypical clinical features. Clinical case]

[Article in Russian]
M V Barsuk et al. Ter Arkh. .

Abstract

This clinical case series presents descriptions of 3 patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) who have atypical manifestations and abnormal inheritance mechanisms in terms of Gregor Mendel's laws. Although molecular genetic testing can help with disease diagnosis, it is not always conclusive. The primary need for genetic testing in atypical cases is to explain the mechanism of inflammation and to select the optimal therapy. These clinical observations demonstrate the changes in the spectrum of phenotypic manifestations of FMF in the context of the widespread introduction of molecular genetic methods.

В серии клинических наблюдений представлены описания 3 пациентов с периодической болезнью, имеющих нетипичные проявления и аномальные, с точки зрения законов Грегора Менделя, механизмы наследования. Молекулярно-генетическое исследование является важным, но нередко не окончательным инструментом в диагностике заболевания. Генетическое тестирование в атипичных случаях необходимо в первую очередь для объяснения механизма воспаления и выбора оптимальной тактики терапии. Приведенные клинические случаи демонстрируют изменения представлений о спектре фенотипических проявлений периодической болезни в условиях широкого внедрения в практику молекулярно-генетических методов исследования.

Keywords: Behchet's disease; atypical course; autoinflammation, heterozygous mutations; epilepsy; familial Mediterranean fever; neutrophilic dermatosis.

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