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Transient scoliosis in a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
F Iwata1, Y Hanawa, H Takashima
1Department of Pediatrics, Tobu Regional Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Acta Paediatrica Japonica : Overseas Edition
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
An 8 year old girl was admitted to hospital complaining of arthralgia in a few large joints. According to the clinical course and serological tests, a diagnosis of a polyarticular type of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was made. About 6 weeks after the onset, scoliosis was observed. The curvature regressed spontaneously over the following 6 months. Generally, scoliosis associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis has been noted a few years after the onset. A transient scoliosis in the early phase of this disease is rare.