Syndrome Abbreviation Inheritance Gene locus / chromosome / protein Days of Fever Clinical presentation Secondary AA Amyloidosis
Familial Mediterranean Fever FMF Autosomal recessive MEFV / 16p13.3 / pyrin (marenostrin) 1-3 Abdominal pain, eresypela-like rash, serositis, synovitis, arthralgias ++- (*)
Periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis PFAPA Undefined Undefined 3-4 Aphtous stomatitis, lymphoadenopathy (cervical), abdominal pain (mild) -
Hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome HIDS Autosomal recessive MEVK / 12p / mevalonate kinase 3-7 Lymphoadenopathy (cervical), abdominal pain, arthralgias, arthritis, splenomegaly, rash +--
Tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor 1 associated syndrome TRAPS Autosomal dominant TNFR1 / 12p / tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor-1 Longer than 5 Abdominal pain, conjuntivitis, arthralgias,arthritis, myalgial (local), rash ++-
(*) see text for details
Table 1: Periodic fever syndromes [4].