Rheumatologic manifestations of autoinflammatory diseases

This chapter reviews some of the most well-known autoinflammatory disorders (AIDs) and depicts their manifestations. AIDs are recently introduced diseases of innate immunity that can affect several organs. The presented AIDs in this chapter are familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), and periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome. The aim of this elaboration is to emphasize on the importance of acquaintance with AIDs symptoms so that the genetic analysis is requested instantly and the treatment is initiated as soon as possible.