Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on October 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48(12):1618-1619; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep321
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Brain multiple sclerosis-like lesions in a patient with Muckle–Wells syndrome
1Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and 2Division of Pediatrics, Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex, France
Correspondence to: Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Bicêtre University Hospital, 78, Rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex, France. E-mail: sandrine.lacassagne@bct.aphp.fr
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SIR, Muckle–Wells syndrome (MWS) is an autosomal dominant condition with variable penetrance characterized by recurrent fever syndromes, urticarial rash, non-exudative conjunctivitis, myalgia, arthralgia and/or arthritis, chronic headaches and/or increased intracranial pressure, chronic deafness and decreased level of energy [1]. MWS belongs to the group of cryopyrin-associated periodic fever (CAPS) including familial cold