Scoliosis in juvenile chronic arthritis.
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.
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