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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Immunol. 2019 May 10;39(3):277–286. doi: 10.1007/s10875-019-00638-z

Table 1 –

Clinical features of CAPS

FCAS MWS CINCA/NOMID
Cutaneous Urticaria-like rash Urticaria-like rash Urticaria-like rash
Systemic Fever / Fatigue / Chills Fever / Fatigue Fever / Fatigue
Musculoskeletal Arthralgia / Myalgia Arthralgia / Myalgia / Arthritis Arthralgia / Myalgia / Distal femur overgrowth
Ocular Conjunctivitis / Keratitis Conjunctivitis/Keratitis/Uveitis Conjunctivitis / Keratitis / Uveitis / Papillitis
Auditory Sensorineural hearing loss Sensorineural hearing loss
Central nervous system Headache Headache Sterile meningitis, Elevated intracranial pressure
Morbidity Amyloidosis (rare) Amyloidosis Amyloidosis, developmental delay
Episode Pattern 12–24 hours 1–3 days Chronic with 1–3 day flares
Triggers Generalized cold / pneumovax Stress / exercise / infection / pneumovax Stress / exercise / infection / pneumovax

Cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), Chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular (CINCA) syndrome or Neonatal onset multisystemic inflammatory disease (NOMID)