RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radiologic Improvement of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-enthesitis-related arthritis following anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockade with etanercept.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 1186
OP 1188
VO 33
IS 6
A1 Shirley M L Tse
A1 Ronald M Laxer
A1 Paul S Babyn
A1 Andrea S Doria
YR 2006
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/33/6/1186.abstract
AB Children with juvenile spondyloarthropathy, classified as enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) under the International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, usually experience both arthritis and enthesitis. Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) agents has resulted in dramatic clinical improvement. Radiologic imaging methods useful in the detection, diagnosis, and grading of arthritis and enthesitis include magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography. We describe the serial radiologic improvements of arthritis and enthesitis in a child with ERA in response to treatment with the anti-TNF-alpha agent etanercept.