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Table 1 Cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome (CAPS): main clinical features

From: Chronic Infantile Neurological Cutaneous and Articular (CINCA) syndrome: a review

Familial cold autoinflammatory

syndrome (FCAS)

Muckle–Wells syndrome (MWS)

NOMID/CINCA

• Autosomal dominant

• Autosomal dominant

• Autosomal dominant

• Sporadic

• Cold-induced:

– Fever

– Rash

– Conjunctivitis

– Arthralgia

• Fever

• Urticarial rash

• Conjunctivitis

• Arthralgia

• Sensorineural deafness

• AA amyloidosis (in 25% of patients) leading to renal failure

• Fever

• Urticarial rash

• Conjunctivitis

• Visual and intellectual damage

• Sensorineural deafness

• Progressive chronic meningitis

• Destructive arthritis

• AA amyloidosis leading to renal failure