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- Title
Familial mediterranean fever and acute myocardial infarction secondary to coronary vasculitis.
- Authors
Serrano, R; Martínez, M A; Andrés, A; Morales, J M; Samartin, R; Martínez González, Dr M A
- Abstract
Aims We report a case study to elucidate the pathogenesis of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) type vasculitis, a rare complication of familial mediterranean fever (FMF). Methods and results A woman with amyloidosis complicating FMF underwent a cadaveric renal transplantation and 5 years later suffered an acute myocardial infarction secondary to an isolated coronary vasculitis. Conclusions The histopathological findings of the vasculitis were not in keeping with PAN. We postulated that the pathogenesis of vasculitis in FMF is different from that of the classic PAN and might be similar to the mechanism of the serosal inflammation.
- Subjects
POLYARTERITIS nodosa; FAMILIAL Mediterranean fever; MYOCARDIAL infarction; VASCULITIS
- Publication
Histopathology, 1998, Vol 33, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
0309-0167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00462.x