Periodic fever-infantile enterocolitis-autoinflammatory syndrome

What it is

A rare genetic systemic or rheumatologic disease characterized by neonatal or infantile onset of enterocolitis (which resolves with age), periodic fever, and episodes of severe systemic inflammation, which may be precipitated by infections, stress, or fatigue. Signs and symptoms include splenomegaly, urticaria-like rashes, arthralgia, and myalgia. Associated laboratory findings are elevated inflammatory markers (such as ferritin, C-reactive protein), pancytopenia, and elevated transaminases. If left untreated, flares can progress to coagulopathy, organ failure, and death.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Neonatal

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Gene

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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