Naslov
Retrospective study of juvenile spondylarthropathies in Croatia over the last 11 years

Autori
Prutki, Maja ; Tambić Bukovac, Lana ; Jelušić, Marija ; Potočki, Kristina ; Kralik, Mario ; Malčić, Ivan

Izvornik
Clinical and experimental rheumatology (0392-856X) 26 (2008), 4; 693-699

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
spondyloarthropathy; childhood; juvenile spondylarthropathies; ankylosing spondylitis; arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease; psoriatic arthritis; reactive arthritis/reiter's disease; undifferentiated spondylarthropathy; epidemiology

Sažetak
To determine the frequency of juvenile spondylarthropathies (JSpA) among other rheumatic diseases in a pediatric clinic population in an 11-year period in Croatia and to review their clinical, epidemiological, radiographic and laboratory features. Of the 1264 patients with rheumatic diseases seen at a pediatric rheumatology center, 103 (8.2%) were diagnosed as having JSpA (56 boys, mean age 13.1 years, range 4.4-17.8 years), following the strict criteria of the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group. Medical history, clinical, laboratory and imaging data of the 103 patients with JSpA were analyzed. Eighty-two (79.6%) patients had undifferentiated spondylarthropathy, 6 (5.8%) patients had reactive arthritis/Reiter's disease, 6 (5.8%) had arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease, 5 (4.9%) had psoriatic arthritis, and only 4 (3.9%) patients had ankylosing spondylitis. The most common symptoms at the disease onset in patients with JSpA were peripheral and axial arthritis, followed by enthesitis. A significant increase in the number of patients with axial arthritis, peripheral arthritis, ocular symptoms and enthesitis was found during mean period of follow-up of 6.45 years. HLA-B27 was present in 78 (75.7%) patients. In our hospital population the frequency of JSpA among other rheumatic diseases was 8.2%. The disease was equally distributed among male and female patients, with onset around the age of 13 years. Most of the patients were diagnosed with undifferentiated spondylarthropathy.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

Napomena
Rad je kao poster prezentiran na skupu 25th International Congress of Pediatrics, održanom od 25.-30.08.2007., Atena, Grčka

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