Familial mediterranean fever laboratory findings

An acute phase response is present during attacks, with high C-reactive protein levels, an elevated white blood cell count and other markers of inflammation. In patients with a long history of attacks, monitoring the renal function is of importance in predicting chronic renal failure.^[1]

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with familial Mediterranean fever. However, this disorder is associated with an increase in acute phase reactant such as:^[2]

• Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
• C-reactive protein (CRP)
• fibrinogen
• Serum amyloid A (SAA)