Functional Synarthrosis Immobile or nearly immobile joints (sutures, manubriosternal joints) Amphiarthrosis Limited mobility joints (symphysis pubis, intervertebral joints) Arthrosis Freely movable joints (shoulder, knee) Structural Fibrous joints Adjacent bones are…
Anorexia nervosa/female athlete triad Asthma Chondrodysplasias Chronic liver and kidney disease Cushing syndrome Cystic fibrosis Diabetes Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Endocrine disorders Extensive burns Gastrointestinal disorders Gaucher disease Hypophosphatasia Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis…
Criterion Definition Age at disease onset less than 40 years Development of symptoms or findings related to Takayasu arteritis at age <40 years Claudication of limbs Development and worsening of…
Fig. 36.1 Case study 1 – chest radiograph showing bilateral air space opacities consistent with pulmonary hemorrhage Introduction Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener’s granulomatosis [1], is a…
Koebner phenomenon in a child with SJIA SJIA rash in a 6-year-old girl References 1. Gowdie PJ, Tse SM. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2012;59:301–27.CrossRefPubMed 2. Singh S,…
Fig. 10.1 Indirect immunofluorescence assay: (a) homogeneous pattern of ANA, (b) cytoplasmic pattern of ANCA Antinuclear antibodies target different antigens, and assessing the sub-specificities of ANA can give some clue…
Categories Examples Humoral (antibody) deficiencies X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) Common variable immunodeficiencies (CVID) Hyper-IgM syndromes Combined immunodeficiencies Severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCID) Complete DiGeorge syndrome Phagocytic defects Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) Chronic…
Fig. 42.1 Purpuric papules over the tip of the toes in a 9-year-old girl Complete blood count, prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, and fibrinogen level were within normal limits. The…
Fig. 33.1 Palpable purpura over the left leg of a 10-year-old boy with IgAV/HSP This patient is a typical example of a child with severe IgA vasculitis (IgAV; formerly Henoch-Schönlein…
Fig. 32.1 Calcinotic nodules in a child with juvenile dermatomyositis At the end of 6-year follow-up, her muscle weakness was in remission for >2 years, and methotrexate could be completely…
