Postoperative Respiratory Distress in a Patient with History of Familial Mediterranean Fever

Postoperative respiratory distress and pulmonary edema can be seen after a wide variety of serious clinical situations, or rare diseases such as familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) . FMF is a multisysternic disorder characterized by recurrent bouts of fever and pain due to inflammation of the peritoneum, synovia, or pleura. We report a case with hi story of FMF who developed postoperative respiratory distress after repairing the abdominal incisional hernia . Ten hours after administration of colchicine, the patient s symptoms were reduced. This rare disease should be included as a differential diagnosis for acute-onset respiratory distress in postoperative period.