[PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN CHILDREN: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLINICAL PICTURE]

The aim of the study is to establish the features of the clinical course of psoriatic arthritis in children. 83 patients with psoriatic arthritis (PSA) were examined. The terms of formation of articular and skin syndromes in PSA in children, as well as options for the onset and height of the disease and features of the course in childhood were revealed. Based on the results of the study, it should be concluded that, in contrast to the literature data, the majority of patients with PSA disease debut falls on the age of 6.5 years, the disease begins with skin lesions and in the debut of the joint syndrome. 6-7 years later from the onset of the disease in patients have asymmetric oligoarthritis, spondylitis in combination with the lesion of peripheral joints, also revealed mutilatng arthritis, however, were the leaders of the symmetric rheumatoid option. It should be noted that all observed patients expressed periarticular osteoporosis, which is not typical for this pathology.