Table 1

‘Rheumatic’ diagnoses in patients with FD

Misdiagnosesn (%)
Arthritis*9 (8.4)
Systemic vasculitis†6 (5.6)
Osler-Weber-Rendu disease5 (4.7)
Systemic lupus erythematosus4 (3.7)
Rheumatic fever4 (3.7)
Familial Mediterranean fever1 (0.9)
  • *Arthritis included rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

  • †Systemic vasculitis included IgA vasculitis, Behcet disease, etc.

  • FD, Fabry disease.