Rash and Fever since Two Weeks of Age : Chapter 102

• Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is an umbrella term today used for three formerly described conditions in order of increasing severity familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), and chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous and articular syndrome (CINCA), also known as neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID) CAPS is an autosomal dominant disease that starts early in life Mutations in CAPS give rise to a gain-of-function in the NLRP3 inflammasome Somatic mosaicism should be considered in patients with clinical CAPS and no mutation detected in the NLRP3 with Sanger sequencing CAPS is characterized by a varying degree of systemic inflammation, urticaria-like rash, musculoskeletal symptoms, and a risk of amyloidosis and neurologic sequelae Treatment with IL-1 blockade is generally very effective in CAPS

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome

NLRP3

Muckle-Wells syndrome

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