Ankle involvement in adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9786208221720)

Introduction: The aim of our study was to evaluate ankle involvement in adult polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) by clinical, radiographic and ultrasound examination. Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients with polyarticular JIA over an 18-month period. Results: Our population comprised 4 men and 25 women, with a mean age of 42.1 12.5 years. Among patients with talocrural involvement (n=23), ankle X-rays and ultrasonography revealed talocrural involvement in 55% and 72% of cases respectively. BMI was significantly associated with the occurrence of talocrural involvement (p=0.03), and patients with ankle involvement had significantly higher CRP levels than the group without ankle involvement (p=0.02). Talocrural involvement was significantly associated with knee involvement (p=0.01).Conclusion: Ultrasonographic involvement of the talocrural joint was frequent in our study (72%). Ankle involvement was associated with BMI, high CRP and knee involvement.

Author: Manel Boudokhane,Olfa Saïdane,Hiba Bettaieb
ISBN-10: 6208221722
ISBN-13: 9786208221720
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2024
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d