Abstract Number: 052 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Extreme Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis (PFAPA): A Discrete Group of Patients
Background/Purpose: Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is the most common periodic fever syndrome in children; by definition, episodes occur every…Abstract Number: 0252 • ACR Convergence 2021
Role of Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in Differentiating Infection from Disease Flare in Febrile Patients of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Fever is the most common presentation of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) and it is difficult to predict whether the fever is due to…Abstract Number: 069 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Rheumatic Fever in a Tertiary Medical Center – 25 Years of Follow Up
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic Fever (RF) occurs after a pharyngeal infection caused by group A-B-hemolytic streptococci.Its principal clinical significance is causing carditis at the acute phase of…Abstract Number: 1431 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of 23 Pediatric Cases from a US Center
Background/Purpose: Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) is often described as a benign self-limited disease. However, there is a risk of recurrence. It is most common in adult…Abstract Number: 377 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Insights into Periodic Fever Syndromes
Background/Purpose: The Periodic Fever Syndromes (PFS) are a rapidly expanding group of disorders primarily of the innate immune system that often affect the inflammasome. In…Abstract Number: 81 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Preliminary Consensus Treatment Plans for Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Adenitis: The Foundation for Capturing Treatment Responses in PFAPA from the CARRA PFAPA Subcommittee
Background/Purpose: PFAPA is the most common recurrent fever condition in children. A recent survey showed heterogeneity in physicians’ management strategies. In order to evaluate the…Abstract Number: 78 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Predictors of Outcome Following Tonsillectomy in Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis Pharyngitis, and Cervical Adenitis (PFAPA) Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Tonsillectomy is considered curative in a majority of patients with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome. Predictors of outcome following…Abstract Number: 83 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Feverprints: A Crowdsourcing Study of Temperature in Health and Disease
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are a rare group of illnesses characterized by unprovoked episodes of fever and systemic inflammation. An understanding of their pathophysiology has…Abstract Number: 2383 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of the Use of Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents in Strokes Caused By the Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase 2
Background/Purpose: Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is a recessive genetic condition in which children develop recurrent strokes, intermittent fevers, elevated acute-phase reactants, livedoid rash,…Abstract Number: 940 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NOD2-Associated Autoinflammatory Disease: Therapy and Outcomes
Background/Purpose: NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease, now redesignated as Yao Syndrome(YS) is a newly described and increasingly recognized entity. It is characterized by periodic fever, dermatitis, polyarthritis, sicca-like…Abstract Number: 1400 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hyperferritinemia and Fever in Adults
Background/Purpose: Clinical associations of hyperferritinemia include: hepatocellular injury, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), hematologic malignancy, adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD), and iron overload. Fever of undetermined origin (FUO)…Abstract Number: 2029 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) and Inflammation of Unknown Origin (IUO): Is 18f-FDG-PET/CT a Useful First Line Diagnostic Strategy?
Background/Purpose: FUO and IUO are rare but diagnostically challenging clinical problems. Because of the abundance of differential diagnoses, a generally accepted diagnostic guideline has not…Abstract Number: 3092 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase Type II – Expanding the Clinical Spectrum
Background/Purpose: The deficiency of adenosine deaminase II (DADA2), first described in 2014, is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in CECR1and is characterized by…Abstract Number: 1234 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Periodic Fever Syndromes in an Academic Medical Center
Background/Purpose: Most published clinical data on this rapidly evolving group of diseases are from highly specialized centers and do not reflect what is commonly seen…Abstract Number: 1211 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adult Autoinflammatory Phenotypes Associated With Heterozygous MEFV Mutations: A Continuum of Familial Mediterranean Fever?
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is traditionally regarded as an autosomal recessive disease characterized by periodic fever, serositis, erysipelas-like erythema and good response to colchicine. The…