Table 1.

Tel HaShomer Criteria for the Diagnosis of FMF.

Criteria Description
Major Criteria
  • Peritonitis (generalized)
  • Pleuritis (unilateral) or pericarditis
  • Monoarthritis (hip, knee, or ankle)
  • Isolated fever
Minor Criteria
  • Incomplete attacks affecting abdomen or lung or joints
  • Exertional leg pain
  • Response to colchicine

One major criterion or two minor criteria are required for a definite diagnosis of FMF.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2017 January; 8(1): e0002. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2017 January 30. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10277