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. 2021 Mar 19;12:630691. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.630691

Table 3.

Clinical manifestations, molecular profile, treatment and outcomes of patients with non-inflammasome-related conditions (n = 16).

Center Patient (age of diagnosis, years/sex) Age of onset of symptoms Clinical features Laboratory features Family history Initial diagnosis Molecular details Treatment details Follow-up duration and outcomes
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) (n= 3)
PGIMER Pt. 34
(2.75 y/F)
1 y 9 months • Periodic fever
• Subcutaneous swellings, rash, periorbital edema
• Recurrent episodes of abdominal pain
CRP: 41 mg/L
ESR: 120 mm/hr
IgG: 1,301 mg/dL (270–1,580)
IgA: 135 mg/dL (30–130)
IgM: 250 mg/dL (50–220)
NBT: Normal
Father affected; migratory lymphedema
(same mutation)
Periodic fever TNFRSF1A
exon3;
c.215G>A
p.Cys72Tyr
previously unreported
CS, NSAID
Change in treatment:
etanercept
Alive
Pt. 35
(45 Y/F)
Since adoloscence • Fever,
• Arthralgia
• Conjunctivitis,
• Pustular psoriasis (recurrent sterile pustular lesions)
CRP: 87 mg/L
ESR: 65 mm/hr
Skin biopsy: neutrophilic infiltrate in upper spinous and subcorneal layers
No Pustular psoriasis
TNFRSF1A
exon9;
c.902C>A
p.Pro301His
Missense
Reported in gnomAD. Predicted to be pathogenic by polyphen and SIFT
CS, cyclosporine
MTX
Died
Aster CMI Pt. 36
(10 y/M)
3 months • Recurrent fevers since early infancy (each
episode for 3-4 weeks, afebrile intervals up to 10 days),
• Rash over trunk and limbs,
• Limb pains and
limp,
• Abdominal pain
• Vomiting
• Eye puffiness
CRP: 150 mg/L
ESR: 120 mm/hr
ANA: Negative
No TRAPS TNFRSF1A
exon 9;
c.146A>G; p.Tyr49Cys
Previously reported
CS, antimicrobials
Change in treatment: Etanercept - partial response
Tocilizumab – responded
Alive and doing well
Deficiency of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (DIRA) (n= 2)
PGIMER Pt. 37
(5 months/F) (26)
21 days • Reduced movement and pain of left hip, left shoulder, right wrist, bilateral elbows since
early infancy (multifocal osteitis)
• Pustules
CRP: 110.7 mg/L
ESR: 113 mm/h
Bone scan: increased uptake in multiple joints (bilateral hip, shoulders, and sternoclavicular joints, lower ribs near costochondral junction and left elbow)
X-ray: osteolytic lesions at humerus, left proximal femur, ribs and clavicle
Bone biopsy: Bone inflammation
No DIRA IL1RN deletion, at chr2_hg19_113,865,011 and chr2_hg19_113,887,227 homozygous 22,216bp deletion spans the first four exons of IL1RN, Parents carrier for same mutation (NM_173843)
Homozygous deletion
Exon 1-4 deletion
Change in treatment done: Anakinra Well
Pt. 38
(2.58 y/M)
7 days Paucity of bilateral upper limb movements since
day 7 of life Pustular lesions
CRP: 1.8 mg/L
ESR: 8 mm/hr
X-ray: bilateral humerus, clavicle and rib metaphyseal widening,
No DIRA Mutation for ILRN deletion as in patient 36 screened but not found CS Alive, healed lesions
Pyogenic Arthritis, Pyoderma gangrenosum and Acne (PAPA) (n= 1)
PGIMER Pt. 39
(5 y/F)
2.5 y • Fever
• Pyoderma gangrensosum
• Colitis
• Multiple abscess
• Pus drainage, fistula, oral ulcers, pustules
• Abdominal pain
• Recurrent diarrhea
CRP: 101 mg/L
ESR: 35 mm/hr
Platelets: 964 × 109/L
Colonoscopy: ileocecal valve thickened and distorted. Ileum shows active ulceration, cobble stone appearance, pseudo-polyp. Alteration of vascular pattern in cecum and ascending colon. Few active ulcers in hepatic flexure, transverse colon, recto sigmoid junction with pseudo-polyps
Impression: Crohn's disease or tuberculous colitis
Gut biopsy: Crohn's disease
ANA, ANCA: negative
C3/C4: 182/23
IgG: 869
NBT, CD3: Normal
- Crohn's disease PSTPIP1
exon3;
c.203C>T;
p.Thr68Met
Missense
Place: Gasilini, italy
ATT, CS, infliximab, AZA Died
A20 haploinsufficiency (TNFAIP3) (n= 4)
PGIMER Pt. 40
(6 y/F)
6 M • Recurrent fever
• Oro-genital ulcers
• Ocular inflammation, blurring of vision
• Headache
• Papilledema
• Abdominal pain
• Arthritis
• Colitis
CRP: 73.9 mg/L
ESR: 26 mm/hr
MR brain: type 2 Arnold Chiari malformation,
HLAB51: positive
ANA, ANCA: negative
Gut Biopsy: no vasculitis
Younger brother has recurrent oral ulcers since 8 months age; Mother heterozygous for same variant Behcet disease TNFAIP3
exon 7;c.1504C>T; p.Arg502Trp
Heterozygous missense
colchicine, AZA Alive and well
CMC Vellore Pt. 41
(7 y/M)
NA • Autoinflammatory syndrome
• Inflammatory ulcers duodenum to caecum, gastritis
IgG: NA
IgA: 579 mg/dL
IgM: NA
IgE: NA
CD3:487
CD19: 22
CD56: 410
NA NA TNFAIP3
exon7; c.1316_1317del;
p.Gly440ArgfsTer4
Heterozygous
Novel
Likely pathogenic
NA NA
CMC Vellore Pt. 42
(7y/M)
NA • AIHA,
• Skin rashes
• Immune deficiency
IgG: 2148mg/dL
IgA: 145mg/dL
IgM: 14mg/dL
IgE: NA
Direct coombs test 3+, Ferritin normal. No increase in Double negative TCRαβ+ T cells
NA NA TNFAIP3
exon8; c.2036T>C;
p.Ile679Thr
Heterozygous
VUS
NA NA
CMC Vellore Pt. 43
(3 y/M)
NA Osteomyelitis/CGD NA NA NA • TNFAIP3
• exon7; c.1807G>A;
• p.Gly603Arg
• Heterozygous
• VUS
NA NA
TRNT1 deficiency (Sideroblastic anemia, immune deficiency, periodic fever, delay) (SIFD) (n= 2)
ASTER CMI Pt. 44
(3y/M)
6 months • Recurrent fever (each episode for 4-7 days and recur twice a month)
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Panhypogmmaglobulinmeia
IgG: 223 mg/dL IgA: 17mg/dL IgM: 24 mg/dL
CD3: 77% (1927) CD19: 2.5% (62) CD56: 18% (460)
Two brothers had died within the first 2 years of life with recurrent fever X-linked agammaglobulinemia TRNT1
exon 2; c.143_144insTT p.Thr49Ter
and exon 7;c.1043A>T
p.Asp348Val
compound heterozygous mutation
Replacement IVIg Doing well
CMC Vellore Pt. 45
(5y/M)
NA • Hypogammaglobulinemia
• Bronchiectasis
IgG: 478 mg/dL
IgA: 31 mg/dL
IgM: 50mg/dL
IgE: 22.8 mg/dL
CD3: 2,897
CD19: 96
CD56: 747
Elevated ferritin
NA NA TRNT1
exon5;
c.569G>T;
p.Arg190Ile
Homozygous
NA NA
CARD14 mediated psoriasis (CAMPS) (n= 1)
CMC Vellore Pt. 46
(8 y/M)
NA Psoriasis NA NA NA CARD14
exon7; c.458G>C; p.Cys153Ser
homozygous
NA NA
Laccase Domain Containing 1 (LACC1) defect (n= 3)
PGIMER Pt. 47
(5.75y/F)
(27)
9 M • Polyarticular joint
disease.
• Joint symptoms with involvement of knee and ankle and rapidly progressed to involve
small joints and cervical spine, multiple joint involvement, pain, deformities and contractures, bed bound, stunted, nail dystrophy, marked swelling, deformity of large and small joints
X-ray: osteopenia, erosion of vertebrae without any platyspondyly
RA Factor: positive
Sibling of Pt. 49
and 50
Torg Winchester syndrome, Pseudorheumatoid chondrodysplasia and Familial inflammatory arthropathy LACC1
exon4; c. 832G>C, p.Ala278Pro
Parents heterozygous for the same
Naproxen,
CS, MTX
Doing satisfactory
Pt. 48
(3y/F)
(27)
9 M • Polyarticular joint disease.
• Joint symptoms with involvement of knee and ankle and rapidly progressed to involve
small joints and cervical spine, multiple joint involvement, pain, deformities and contractures, bed bound, stunted, nail dystrophy, marked swelling, deformity of large and small joints
X-ray: osteopenia, erosion of vertebrae without any platyspondyly Sibling of Pt. 48
and 50
Similar to
Pt 48
Same as
Pt 48
Naproxen,
CS, MTX
Doing satisfactory
Pt. 49
(0.91y/F)
(27)
9 M • Polyarticular joint disease.
• Joint symptoms with involvement of knee and ankle and rapidly progressed to involve small joints and cervical spine, multiple joint involvement, pain, deformities and contractures, bed bound, stunted, nail dystrophy, marked swelling, deformity of large and small joints
X-ray: ostopenia, erosion of vertebrae without any platyspondyly Sibling of Pt. 48
and 49
Similar to
Pt 48
Same as
Pt 48
Naproxen, CS,
MTX
Doing satisfactory

ANA, Antinuclear antibodies; Aster CMI, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India; AZR, Azathioprine; CARD14, Caspase recruitment domain family member 14; CMC, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India; CRP, C-reactive protein; COPA, Coatamer complex 1 protein alpha subunit; CS, Corticosteroids; CT, Computed tomography; CTA, Computed tomography angiography; ESR, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HCQS, Hydroxychloroquine; IL1RN, Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist; IVIg, Intravenous immunoglobulin; JIA, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; LACC1, Laccase domain containing 1; MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging; MTX, Methotrexate; PGIMER, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India; PSTPIP1, Proline-serine-threonine phosphatase interacting protein 1; Reference of previously reported paper; TNFAIP3, TNF alpha induced protein 3; TNFRSF1A, TNF receptor superfamily member 1 A; TRNT1, TRNA nucleotidyl tranferase 1; Y, year.