title: Scoliosis in juvenile chronic arthritis.
abstract: Structural scoliosis occurs more commonly in patients with juvenile chronic arthritis than in the normal population. We have reviewed 32 patients with both juvenile arthritis and a scoliosis and suggest that structural curves may arise from postural curves associated with asymmetrical involvement of lower limb joints.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging