TORTICOLLIS AS THE SOLE INITIAL PRESENTING SIGN OF SYSTEMIC-ONSET JUVENILE RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Authors
UZIEL Y RATHAUS V POMERANZ A SOLAN H WOLACH B
Citation
Y. Uziel et al., TORTICOLLIS AS THE SOLE INITIAL PRESENTING SIGN OF SYSTEMIC-ONSET JUVENILE RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, Journal of rheumatology, 25(1), 1998, pp. 166-168
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0315162X
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
166 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0315-162X(1998)25:1<166:TATSIP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We describe a 6-year-old girl with acute torticollis as the initial ma nifestation of systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). She presented with isolated torticollis for 2 weeks, followed by daily in termittent fever and polyarthritis. We discuss the pathogenesis of cer vical spine involvement in JRA and the clues to early diagnosis.