Musculoskeletal manifestations in children with Behçet's syndrome : data from the AIDA Network Behçet's Syndrome Registry

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This study aims to describe musculoskeletal manifestations (MSM) in children with Behçet's syndrome (BS), their association with other disease manifestations, response to therapy, and long-term prognosis. Data were retrieved from the AIDA Network Behçet's Syndrome Registry. Out of a total of 141 patients with juvenile BS, 37 had MSM at disease onset (26.2%). The median age at onset was 10.0 years (IQR 7.7). The median follow-up duration was 21.8 years (IQR 23.3). Recurrent oral (100%) and genital ulcers (67.6%) and pseudofolliculitis (56.8%) were the most common symptoms associated with MSM. At disease onset, 31 subjects had arthritis (83.8%), 33 arthralgia (89.2%), and 14 myalgia (37.8%). Arthritis was monoarticular in 9/31 cases (29%), oligoarticular in 10 (32.3%), polyarticular in 5 (16.1%), axial in 7 (22.6%). Over time, arthritis became chronic-recurrent in 67.7% of cases and 7/31 patients had joint erosions (22.6%). The median Behçet's Syndrome Overall Damage Index was 0 (range 0-4). Colchicine was inefficacious for MSM in 4/14 cases (28.6%), independently from the type of MSM (p = 0.46) or the concomitant therapy (p = 0.30 for cDMARDs, p = 1.00 for glucocorticoids); cDMARDs and bDMARDs were inefficacious for MSM in 6/19 (31.4%) and 5/12 (41.7%) cases. The presence of myalgia was associated with bDMARDs inefficacy (p = 0.014). To conclude, MSM in children with BS are frequently associated with recurrent ulcers and pseudofolliculitis. Arthritis is mostly mono- or oligoarticular, but sacroiliitis is not unusual. Prognosis of this subset of BS is overall favorable, though the presence of myalgia negatively affects response to biologic therapies. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05200715 (registered on December 18, 2021).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Internal and emergency medicine - 18(2023), 3 vom: 07. Apr., Seite 743-754

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gaggiano, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Maselli, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Sfikakis, Petros P [VerfasserIn]
Laskari, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Ragab, Gaafar [VerfasserIn]
Hegazy, Mohamed Tharwat [VerfasserIn]
Laymouna, Ahmed Hatem [VerfasserIn]
Lopalco, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Almaghlouth, Ibrahim A [VerfasserIn]
Asfina, Kazi Nur [VerfasserIn]
Alahmed, Ohoud [VerfasserIn]
Giardini Mayrink, Henrique Ayres [VerfasserIn]
Parente de Brito Antonelli, Isabele [VerfasserIn]
Cattalini, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Piga, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Sota, Jurgen [VerfasserIn]
Gentileschi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Maggio, Maria Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Opris-Belinski, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Hatemi, Gülen [VerfasserIn]
Insalaco, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Olivieri, Alma Nunzia [VerfasserIn]
Tufan, Abdurrahman [VerfasserIn]
Karadeniz, Hazan [VerfasserIn]
Kardaş, Riza Can [VerfasserIn]
La Torre, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cardinale, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Marino, Achille [VerfasserIn]
Guerriero, Silvana [VerfasserIn]
Ruscitti, Piero [VerfasserIn]
Tarsia, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Vitale, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Caggiano, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Telesca, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Iannone, Florenzo [VerfasserIn]
Parretti, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Frassi, Micol [VerfasserIn]
Aragona, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Ciccia, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Wiesik-Szewczyk, Ewa [VerfasserIn]
Ionescu, Ruxandra [VerfasserIn]
Şahin, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Akkoç, Nurullah [VerfasserIn]
Hinojosa-Azaola, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Tharwat, Samar [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Rodríguez, José [VerfasserIn]
Espinosa, Gerard [VerfasserIn]
Conti, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Del Giudice, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Govoni, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
Emmi, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Fabiani, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Balistreri, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Frediani, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Rigante, Donato [VerfasserIn]
Cantarini, Luca [VerfasserIn]
AIDA Network [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arthritis
Behçet’s syndrome
Clinical Trial
International registry
Journal Article
Pediatric rheumatology
Rare diseases

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Date Completed 12.04.2023

Date Revised 15.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05200715

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11739-023-03215-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353870765