Recurrent pleuritis with pleural thickening as the manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever

J Gen Fam Med. 2020 May 13;21(5):197-198. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.331. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Kosuke Ishizuka¹, Kiyoshi Shikino¹, Masatomi Ikusaka¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Medicine Chiba University Hospital Chiba Japan.

Abstract

Chest plain computed tomography revealed a high-density area along the pleura of the right lung base with pleural thickening (arrow heads).

Keywords: respiratory disease; rheumatologic disease.

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