Periodic Disease: A Clinicopathologic Study

Article1 October 1958PERIODIC DISEASE: A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDYNIMR A. TUQAN, M.D.NIMR A. TUQAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-4-885 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONPeriodic disease, periodic idiopathic abdominalgia or periodic peritonitis is a disease of unknown cause characterized by short attacks of pain in the abdomen or elsewhere and associated with fever and leukocytosis. Such attacks recur regularly or irregularly over many years. During such attacks an acute inflammatory process involves the visceral and parietal peritoneum.1 It is rather odd that intestinal adhesions, and consequent intestinal obstruction, do not occur in these patients despite the constant repetition of the serosal inflammatory lesions.A number of these patients develop a "nephropathy"2after a few years and may die with renal failure. The cause...Bibliography1. ReimannMoadiéSemerdjianSahyoun HAJSPF: Periodic peritonitis, J. A. M. A. 194: 1254, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MamouCattan HR: La maladie periodique; sur 14 cas personnels dont 8 compliques de nephropathies, Semaine d. hôp. Paris 28: 1062, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Cattan R: Les nephropathies de la maladie periodique, Presse méd. 63: 237, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. GrayzelJacobiWarshallBoginBolker HBMHBMH: Amyloidosis, experimental studies, Arch. Path. 17: 50, 1934. Google Scholar5. GrayzelJacobi HGM: Secondary amyloidosis: results of therapy with desiccated whole liver powder, Ann. Int. Med. 12: 39, 1938. LinkGoogle Scholar6. Rich AR: Hypersensitivity in diseases with special reference to periarteritis nodosa, rheumatic fever, disseminated lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, Harvey Lecture 42: 106, 1946-1947. Google Scholar7. Wright GP: Amyloidosis. Introduction to Pathology, 2nd Ed., 1954, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, p. 246. Google Scholar8. MellorsOrtega RCLG: New observations on the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis, lipoid nephrosis, periarteritis nodosa, and secondary amyloidosis in man. Localizing gamma globulins, Am. J. Path. 32: 455, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Wagner B: Histochemical studies on fibrinoid substance and tissue proteins, Arch. Path. 60: 221, 1955. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Beirut,*Received for publication March 3, 1958.From the Department of Pathology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Nimr A. Tuqan, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, American University of Beirut, Beirut,Lebanon. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byM ésothéliome péritonéal malin survenant au cours d'une maladie périodique: à propos d'un casSpectrum of renal involvement in familial Mediterranean feverAmyloidosis in childhoodFamilial Mediterranean feverPostpartum sterile peritonitis and shockAmyloidosis: Its differentiation into perireticulin and peri-collagen typesFamilial paroxysmal polyserositisAmyloidosis as the Sole Manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Further Evidence of Its Genetic NatureALIZA BLUM, M.D., JOSEPH GAFNI, M.D., EZRA SOHAR, M.D., SHLOMO SHIBOLET, M.D., HARRY HELLER, M.D.Periodic Polyserositis (Periodic Disease)Recurrent polyserositis (familial mediterranean fever; Periodic disease)Electrocardiographic changes in recurrent polyserositis (“periodic disease”)Periodic Fever with Renal AmyloidosisFamilial Recurring Polyserositis Simulating Acute Surgical Condition of the AbdomenFebbre Mediterranea Familiare (FMF)FAMILIAL RECURRING POLYSEROSITIS: A DISEASE ENTITY*ROBERT J. PRIEST, ROBERT K. NIXONGenetic factors in diseases of connective tissue 1 October 1958Volume 49, Issue 4Page: 885-899KeywordsAbdominal painAmyloidosisInflammationLesionsLeukocytosisMucous membranesPeritonitisProteinsProteinuriaRenal failure ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...