Pediatric Rheumatology

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.