Disease name |
Characteristic / Associated features |
Category |
inheritance type |
Familial Mediterranean fever |
Fever, episodic; serositis and inflammation responsive to colchicine; predisposes to vasculitis; inflammatory bowel disease; proteinuria; amyloidosis; mature granulocytes; cytokine-activated monocytes affected; peritonitis; pleuritis; migratory arthritis; transient erysipelas-like erythema; thoracic pain; abdominal pain; renal amyloidosis; renal failure; polyarticular arthritis; arthralgia fever episodes last from 3 to 10 days; increased serum C-reactive protein |
Autoinflammatory Disorders |
Autosomal dominant |
Familial Mediterranean fever |
Pericarditis; pleuritis; hepatomegaly; splenomegaly; peritonitis; abdominal pain; Tunica vaginalis inflammation; nephrotic syndrome; renal amyloidosis; renal failure; Monarticular or oligoarticular arthritis; Arthralgia; transient painful erysipelas-like lesions on lower leg and ankle; meningitis; Episodic Fever; elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate; prominent leukocytosis; serositis; inflammation responsive to colchicine |
Autoinflammatory Disorders |
Autosomal recessive |