• J Clin Rheumatol · Sep 2011

    Case Reports

    Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic fever syndrome in a 58-year-old man: caution not to discount TRAPS as a diagnosis in older patients.

    • Dean Sinožić, Nataša Toplak, and Irena Milotić.
    • Department of Angiology, Endocrinology and Rheumatology, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia. dean.sinozic@guest.arnes.si
    • J Clin Rheumatol. 2011 Sep 1;17(6):325-8.

    AbstractTumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic fever syndrome (TRAPS) is a rare systemic autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and localized inflammation of different organs. The disease is dominantly inherited, with an onset usually in early childhood. We describe a case of a 58-year-old patient with TRAPS caused by the low-penetrance R92Q mutation in TNFRSF1A gene. The patient responded well to anti-tumor necrosis factor α therapy. Although periodic fever syndromes, including TRAPS, mainly begin in early childhood, it is important to consider periodic fever syndrome also in patient presenting at an age older than the average reported case for TRAPS.

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