Enthesitis may be one of the signs of severe disease in familial Mediterranean fever

ConclusionEnthesitis may be a sign of more severe FMF phenotype and frequently associated with other musculoskeletal manifestations resemble SpA.Key points•More than one-fifth of the patients with FMF would suffer from enthesitis.•The FMF patients with enthesitis had higher ISSF scores; higher frequency of fever, exertional leg pain, myalgia and arthritis; and more intense, widespread, frequent and longer attacks as compared with controls.•Enthesitis may be a sign of more severe FMF phenotype and frequently associated with other SpA-like musculoskeletal feature.
Source: Clinical Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research