[Acute abdomen].

A 28-year-old turkish patient was admitted to hospital several times within the last years because of acute abdominal and thoracic pain. On each admission laboratory parameters indicative of an acute inflammatory process were initially found to be slightly increased; however, the cause for the complaints remained undetected. During a recent episode of acute abdominal pain a short increase of these laboratory parameters (particularly of CRP) could be documented, and since no other diagnostic sign indicative of an other disease was found, familial mediterranean fever was diagnosed. A basic therapy with colchicine was initiated, and since five months the patient remained mostly free of symptoms.