Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the lumbosacral spine of a toddler: Periarticular osteopenia in a rare location.

• 发表时间: Nov 2020
• 来源期刊: Radiol Case Rep
• DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.010
• PMID: 33005282
• 文章类型: Case Reports
• 作者列表: Gattu R,Partyka L,Phatak T

关键词: Facet; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Lumbosacral; Osteopenia; Periarticular; Sacral; Spine

Abstract

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a group of childhood inflammatory arthropathies that affects multiple joints including the spine, particularly the cervical region. There is paucity of literature regarding JIA in the lumbosacral spine; the few published studies which discuss imaging findings in the lumbosacral spine only include cohorts of older children and adolescents. We present a 22-month-old boy with refusal to walk, in which plain radiographs and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral spine suggested a diagnosis of JIA.