familial Mediterranean fever
Findings
No curated finding names familial Mediterranean fever yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent short episodes of fever and serositis resulting in pain in the abdomen, chest, joints and muscles.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018088), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
50 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ArthralgiaHPOHP:0002829
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ConstipationHPOHP:0002019
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MyalgiaHPOHP:0003326
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Nausea and vomitingHPOHP:0002017
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ArthritisHPOHP:0001369
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AstheniaHPOHP:0025406
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Chest painHPOHP:0100749
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ErysipelasHPOHP:0001055
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ErythemaHPOHP:0010783
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- FatigueHPOHP:0012378
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HyperfibrinogenemiaHPOHP:0011899
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HypoesthesiaHPOHP:0033748
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Increased total leukocyte countHPOHP:0001974
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- IrritabilityHPOHP:0000737
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Oral leukoplakiaHPOHP:0002745
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- MEFVHGNC:6998
- Definitive · ClinGen · Semidominant · 2022
- Definitive · Myriad Women's Health · Autosomal recessive · 2018
- Definitive · Natera · Semidominant · 2023
- Strong · PanelApp Australia · Semidominant · 2025
- Supportive · Orphanet · Autosomal dominant · 2021
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: familial Mediterranean fever
- Also called
- benign paroxysmal peritonitisbenign recurrent polyserositisfamilial paroxysmal polyserositisFiebre mediterránea familiarFMFperiodic disease