
Recurrent pleuritis with pleural thickening as the manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever
Author(s) -
Ishizuka Kosuke,
Shikino Kiyoshi,
Ikusaka Masatomi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of general and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2189-7948
DOI - 10.1002/jgf2.331
Subject(s) - medicine , familial mediterranean fever , mefv , leukocytosis , chest pain , gastroenterology , pathology , gene mutation , mutation , disease , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Chest plain computed tomography revealed a high‐density area along the pleura of the right lung base with pleural thickening (arrow heads).