ABSTRACT
On day 7 after hospital admission, a patient with end-stage kidney disease prescribed sevelamer, hydrocodone-acetaminophen, hydromorphone, and chewable lanthanum tablets developed intermittent apneic episodes, bilateral rhonchi, and responsiveness to verbal commands only with deep painful stimulus; a chest radiograph showed 4 radio-opaque coin-shaped opacities in the stomach. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
Subject(s)
Foreign Bodies , Stomach , Tablets , Humans , Analgesics, Opioid , Hydrocodone , Kidney Failure, Chronic , Stomach/diagnostic imaging , Lanthanum , Foreign Bodies/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) was previously believed to be an autosomal recessive disease. We present a patient with only one pathogenic variation of the MEFV gene due to the c.2177T>C mutation. The patient had clinical features of recurrent fevers and abdominal pain, serositis, and a history of multiple abdominal surgeries for pain. He was eventually diagnosed with FMF. This case report demonstrates an example of the rare autosomal-dominant phenotype of FMF.
