Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease

Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA) is characterized by arthritis, fever and visceral organ involvement including hepatosplenomegaly, lympadenopathy and serositis. This is a case of SoJIA misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease (KD) and developed machrophage activation syndrome (MAS...

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Main Authors: Gonca Keskindemirci, Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Neslihan Melikoğlu, Helen Bornaun, Çiğdem Aydoğmuş, Esin Aldemir, Gönül Aydoğan
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2015-10-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1278
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Nuray Aktay Ayaz
Neslihan Melikoğlu
Helen Bornaun
Çiğdem Aydoğmuş
Esin Aldemir
Gönül Aydoğan
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Neslihan Melikoğlu
Helen Bornaun
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Esin Aldemir
Gönül Aydoğan
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description Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA) is characterized by arthritis, fever and visceral organ involvement including hepatosplenomegaly, lympadenopathy and serositis. This is a case of SoJIA misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease (KD) and developed machrophage activation syndrome (MAS) secondary to Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. It is presented to point out the conditions that may come along. First of all, SoJIA should be kept in mind while making the differential diagnosis of coronary arterial ectasias and dilatations usually seen in vasculitic diseases like KD. Second, as a very fatal complication MAS should always be considered while following a patient with the diagnosis of SoJIA. Infections like EBV may be the potential triggers for development of MAS especially in immunesupressed patients.
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spelling doaj-art-e6eb589539e9402689a3fef1e2216d672025-08-20T02:01:53ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212015-10-01575Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki diseaseGonca Keskindemirci0Nuray Aktay AyazNeslihan MelikoğluHelen BornaunÇiğdem AydoğmuşEsin AldemirGönül AydoğanDivision of Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. keskindemirci@hotmail.com. Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA) is characterized by arthritis, fever and visceral organ involvement including hepatosplenomegaly, lympadenopathy and serositis. This is a case of SoJIA misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease (KD) and developed machrophage activation syndrome (MAS) secondary to Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. It is presented to point out the conditions that may come along. First of all, SoJIA should be kept in mind while making the differential diagnosis of coronary arterial ectasias and dilatations usually seen in vasculitic diseases like KD. Second, as a very fatal complication MAS should always be considered while following a patient with the diagnosis of SoJIA. Infections like EBV may be the potential triggers for development of MAS especially in immunesupressed patients. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1278
spellingShingle Gonca Keskindemirci
Nuray Aktay Ayaz
Neslihan Melikoğlu
Helen Bornaun
Çiğdem Aydoğmuş
Esin Aldemir
Gönül Aydoğan
Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
title Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease
title_full Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease
title_fullStr Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease
title_full_unstemmed Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease
title_short Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease
title_sort systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome and coronary artery dilatation misdiagnosed as kawasaki disease
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1278
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