Pediatric Rheumatology

A 3-month-old boy presented to the dermatology clinic with large erythematous plaques that appeared in the first few weeks of life, localized to the face, back, and torso.

Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile vasculitis that affects medium-sized arteries and occurs predominantly in children. In many patients, the clinical manifestations of Kawasaki disease are atypical or...

A 13-year-old previously healthy girl with a maternal family history of antiphospholipid syndrome presented with headache, blurry vision, and bilateral papilledema that had been confirmed with MRI and that...

A 4-month-old girl presented with signs of joint pain and hyperpigmentation of the skin over the joints.

An otherwise healthy 5-year-old boy presented to the pediatric rheumatology clinic for evaluation of a limp of 1 year’s duration. The patient also experienced intermittent right foot and ankle pain and...

It is apparent that disruption of the human microbiome can play a role in the development of chronic pediatric diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.