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Initial digital vasculitis in a large multicenter cohort of childhood-onset sys...
Sakamoto,Ana Paula; Silva,Clovis Artur; Silva,Marco Felipe Castro da; Lopes,Anandreia Simões; Russo,Gleice Clemente Souza; Sallum,Adriana Maluf EliasAbstract Objectives: To assess clinical digital vasculitis (DV) as an initial manifestation of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) within a large population. Methods: Multicenter cross-sectional study including 852 cSLE patients (ACR criteria) followed in ten Pediatric Rheumatology centers in São Paulo State, Brazil. Results: DV was observed in 25/852 (3%) cSLE patients. Periungual hemorrhage wa...
Extensive cervical lymphadenitis mimicking bacterial adenitis as the first pres...
Rossi,Felipe de Souza; Silva,Marco Felipe Castro da; Kozu,Kátia Tomie; Camargo,Luís Fernando Aranha; Rossi,Flávia Feijó Panico; Silva,Clovis ArturCervical adenitis >1.5cm in diameter is the less frequently observed criteria in patients with Kawasaki disease and it is usually found in association with other symptoms during the acute phase. Moreover, the finding of fever and lymphadenitis with intense local signs of inflammation and phlegmon is rarely seen as the initial manifestation of Kawasaki disease. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy who had cerv...