Abdominal syndrome in so-called «Outinflammatory diseases»; Two cases of family Mediterranean fever

Abstract

The aim — on the example of the analysis of clinical observations, the authors draw attention to various variants of the course of the classic auto — inflammatory disease-familial Mediterranean fever (SSL) with severe abdominal syndrome.

Materials and methods: the article present clinical material on two observations of patients with SSL in clinical symptoms, which were dominated by abdominal syndrome, from the moment of their request for medical care to the verification of the diagnosis.

Results: The article presents brief information about the diseases of the group of auto-inflammatory (periodic fever syndrome with mevalonatkinase deficiency, TRAPS-syndrome, Crohn’s disease, familial Mediterranean fever), in the manifestation of which gastroenterological symptoms play a significant role. An example of «early» and «late» diagnosis of auto-inflammatory diseases is illustrated by the results of the analysis of two clinical cases of patients with SSL.

The analysis of the analyzed clinical cases confirms the multidisciplinary nature of the problem of auto-inflammatory diseases and the importance of readiness not only of rheumatologists, but also of other specialists to make such a diagnosis.