Diagnostic challenges in pediatric arthritis: A case of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis misdiagnosed as septic arthritis in a 3-year-old boy.

IF 0.6 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-12-04 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/2050313X241305166

Sogol Alesaeidi, Mohsen Jari

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Abstract

Arthritis in children has several causes, including infectious, inflammatory, and infiltration of malignant cells, and it is important to differentiate them as soon as possible. We present the case of a 3-year-old boy who was initially diagnosed with septic arthritis secondary to joint pain, swelling, and high fever. Despite appropriate antibiotic therapy, the patient's symptoms persisted, leading to an eventual diagnosis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). This case highlights the importance of distinguishing between septic arthritis and sJIA because early misdiagnosis can lead to delayed treatment and potential complications.

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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

0.60

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0.00%

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320

审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (indexed in PubMed Central) is a peer reviewed, open access journal. It aims to provide a publication home for short case reports and case series, which often do not find a place in traditional primary research journals, but provide key insights into real medical cases that are essential for physicians, and may ultimately help to improve patient outcomes. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports does not limit content due to page budgets or thematic significance. Papers are subject to rigorous peer review and are selected on the basis of whether the research is sound and deserves publication. By virtue of not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or between disciplines. Case reports can span the full spectrum of medicine across the health sciences in the broadest sense, including: Allergy/Immunology Anaesthesia/Pain Cardiovascular Critical Care/ Emergency Medicine Dentistry Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Epidemiology/Public Health Gastroenterology/Hepatology Geriatrics/Gerontology Haematology Infectious Diseases Mental Health/Psychiatry Nephrology Neurology Nursing Obstetrics/Gynaecology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation/Occupational Therapy Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine Pathology Pharmacoeconomics/health economics Pharmacoepidemiology/Drug safety Psychopharmacology Radiology Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology/ Clinical Immunology Sports Medicine Surgery Toxicology Urology Women''s Health.