Gonca KESKİNDEMİRCİ, Nuray Aktay AYAZ, Mustafa ÇAKAN, Ali ER, Sadık Etka BAYRAMOĞLU, Hamide Sevinç GENÇ

Orbital muscle involvement in a child with familial Mediterranean fever

Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessively inherited autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, serositis and synovitis. Various atypical presentations have been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a case of orbital myositis presenting with acute and devastating ocular symptoms resembling orbital cellulitis in a 12-year-old boy with familial Mediterranean fever.Keywords: Familial Mediterranean fever, Eye involvement, Orbital myositis

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Ailevi Akdeniz ateşi, Göz tutulumu, Orbital myozit

Orbital muscle involvement in a child with familial Mediterranean fever

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