PFAPA Syndrome in a Young Adult with a History of Tonsillectomy
| Autor: | Cosimo Durante, Marianna Maranghi, Marco Rossetti, M. Colotto, Maria Grazia Anatra, Alessandra Renzi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty PFAPA syndrome Fever medicine.medical_treatment Young Adult fuo pfapa pharyngitis recurrent fever tonsillectomy Lymphadenitis Recurrence Prednisone Periodic fever Internal Medicine medicine Cervical adenitis Humans Young adult Glucocorticoids business.industry Pediatric age Syndrome General Medicine Pharyngitis Tonsillectomy Surgery Treatment Outcome Female Stomatitis Aphthous medicine.symptom business Follow-Up Studies medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 50:223-225 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4421 |
| Popis: | Since its clinical definition in 1987, the syndrome called, "periodic fever, aphtous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis" syndrome (PFAPA) has been considered peculiar to pediatric age. In the recent literature there are a few case reports of PFAPA in adults. We describe a case of a 21-year-old female affected by PFAPA who presented a history of tonsillectomy at the age of four. To our knowledge this is the fourth case described with a diagnosis of PFAPA in an adult with a history of tonsillectomy during childhood. Although the role of tonsillectomy in the treatment of PFAPA is still controversial, due to the lack of definitive data in literature, this case suggests that fever episodes may relapse several years after surgery. |
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