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Periodic fever aphthous stomatitis pharyngitis and adenitis or periodic fever aphthous pharyngitis and cervical adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome is a medical condition typically starting in young children in which high fever occurs periodically at intervals of about 3–5 weeks frequently accompanied by aphthous-like ulcers pharyngitis and/or cervical adenitis (cervical lymphadenopathy). The syndrome was described in 1987 and named two years later.