Familial Mediterranean fever — SCE Rheumatology MCQ
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Correct answer: B — Autosomal-dominant TNF receptor-associated periodic fever syndrome (TRAPS)
Prolonged inflammatory attacks, migratory myalgia and rash, periorbital oedema, autosomal-dominant inheritance and a pathogenic TNFRSF1A variant define TRAPS. FMF usually causes shorter attacks and has a different genetic basis.
Reference: NHS Genomics Education: familial periodic fever syndromes (Current NHS knowledge hub, accessed 30 July 2026): https://www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/genotes/knowledge-hub/familial-periodic-fever-syndromes/; NHS England: canakinumab for TRAPS, HIDS/MKD and FMF (Published March 2020): https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/canakinumab-for-treating-periodic-fever-syndromes-traps-hids-mkd-and-fmf-ages-2-years-and-older/