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. 2021 Feb 28;11(3):367. doi: 10.3390/biom11030367

Table 1.

Clinical features in Majeed syndrome.

A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 C1 D1 D2 E1 E2 F1 F2 G1 H1 H2 I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 J1 K1
Recurrent fever + + + + +++ +++ + + NR NR + + NR NR +
Failure to thrive + + + + + + NR NR + NR NR + + NR NR NR NR NR NR
CNO + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Joint and bone pain Joint
and bone pain
Knee pains +
Age at onset (months) Δ 12 19 9 1 0.75 9 15 6 3 24 96 6 48 72 13 15 infant ? ? ? ? ? 6 12
LE long bones + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
UE long bones + + + + + + + + + + + NR NR ND NR NR
Feet + + + + + ND NR NR
Spine # ND ND NR NR
Other hands hands ribs hands Limb pain Limb pain Knee pain
Bone biopsy osteo osteo osteo NR NR NR ND Osteo Φ ND ND ND ND necrosis osteo c/w osteo ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
Objective joint swelling + + + NR + + + + + + + + + + NR NR NR NR NR NR
Hepatosplenomegaly + + + + + NR + + NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
↑ ESR/CRP +++ +++ +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ++ +++ ++ +++ ++ ++ +++ +++ ++ NR NR NR +++ +++
Microcytic anemia + + + + +
8.8
+
4.0
+ + +* + + NR 9.3 MCV 7.7@ 6.9 + + anemia anemia 8.5 10.1
Transfusion Rx ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ +++ NR
Dyserythropoiesis on BM + + + + + + + + + + ND ND + NR ND + + ND ND ND ND ND +
Neutropenia
(ANC)
+
(750)
leuko +
(588)
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR +
(400)
Neutrophilic dermatosis + + NR
Treatments Pred,
NSAID
Failed colchicine.
Pred,
NSAID
Failed colchicine.
Pred,
NSAID
Pred, NSAID NSAID NSAID NSAID + prednisolone Steroids, Failed etanercept, improved with anakinra,
canakin
Steroids, Failed etanercept, improved with anakinra, canakin NSAId,
MTX, partial pam
MTX NSAID NSAID, canak Anakinra NSAID,
Etanercept (failed), did well on anakinra
Failed etanercept, improved with anakinra NSAID, steroid, partial resonse to bisphos, anakinra Anakinra Anakinra NSAID NSAID none none NSAID,
canakin
Mutation S734L S734L S734L S734L C181* C181* R776Sfs*66 L439fs*15 L439fs*15 Y747* Y747* S734L S734L R776Sfs*66 R776Sfs*66 R776Sfs*66 R736H R736H R736H R736H R736H R736H R776Sfs*66
And
R564Kfs*3
R517H and
17.8
kb del

Osteo = osteomyelitis; ND = not done; NR = not reported; # whole body MRI not done in most; Φ granulomatous inflammation; ° anemic but MCV not reported; * mild anemia MCV 86.8. − = not present; + = present or mildly elevated; ++ = moderately elevated; +++ = markedly elevated. Reference for family A and B (1); family C (4), family D (5), family E (6), two patients reported by Moussa F (7), patient G (8). Δ months to year conversion: 24 mo = 2 yrs; 48 mo = 4 yrs; 72 mo = 6 yrs; 96 mo = 8 yrs. Modified from Ferguson PJ; Elsevier, Edited by Cimaz and Lehman, Pediatric in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Volume 11, Chapter 15, Pages 315-339, 2016. @ dimorphic red cells on peripheral smear (A) Majeed 1989 (B) Majeed 1989 (C) Al-Mosawi 2007 (D) Herlin (E) Rao (F) Moussa (G) Pinto-Fernandez (H) Al-Mosai 2019 (I) Roy 2019 (J) Liu (K) Bhuyan 2020.