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Table 1 (abstract P313). Spectrum of Rheumatic Diseases in 4065 children presented first time at our centre

From: Proceedings of the 27th European Paediatric Rheumatology Congress (PReS 2021)

Disease (Number of Patients)

Number of Patients(%)

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-JIA

Enthesitis-Related Arthritis(578)>Systemic-JIA(276)>Oligoarticular JIA(186) > Polyarticular-JIA(116)>Undifferentiated-JIA(21)>Psoriatic-JIA(6)

? JIA(21)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease-associated arthritis(23)

1227(30%)

Connective Tissue Diseases-CTDs

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(208)>Juvenile Dermatomyositis(61) >Scleroderma(18)>Undifferentiated-CTD(14)>Overlap Syndrome(14)>

Mixed-CTD(9)>Sjogren’s syndrome (2)

326(8%)

Primary Vasculitides

Kawasaki Disease(188) >IgA-Vasculitis(126)>Behcet’s Disease(19)>

Polyarteritis Nodosa(16)>Takayasu Arteritis(5)>Small Vessel Vasculitis(5)

359(9%)

Inflammatory Eye Diseases : Uveitis(51)>Scleritis(3)>Episcleritis(2)

56(1.5%)

Reactive Arthritides and Infections

Reactive-Arthritis(128),Streptococcal-associated infections(77) including PSRA(10) and ARF(15), Viral infections(62), Transient synovitis of Hip(39), Tuberculosis including poncet’s disease(47) & Bone-Joint infections(17)

370(9%)

Non–Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Diseases

Mechanical conditions(152)>Pain-amplification(58)>Fibromyalgia(52)>Joint Hypermobility(19)>Reflex Sympathetic dystrophy(11)

292(7%)

Miscellaneous Diseases

537(13.5%)

 - Ø ?Primary Immunodeficiencies

28

 - Ø ?Autoinflammatory Syndromes

34

 - Ø Non-specific inflammatory conditions

45

 - Ø Suspected IGG4-related disease

5

 - Ø Sarcoidosis

9

 - Ø Skin Diseases

101

 - Ø Haematological disorders including malignancy

76

 - Ø Metabolic/Endocrine Disorders including Vitamin D Deficiency

59

 - Ø Genetic diseases

38

 - Ø Neuromuscular disorders

41

 - Ø Secondary Vasculitis

31

 - Ø Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

52

 - Ø Psychiatric disorders

18

Children with no abnormality detected

414(10%)

Children whose diagnosis has not been made due to single visit

484(12%)