Chorioretinitis in a 7-year-old African Girl, probably related to JSSc resolving to methotrexate therapy

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Contributors

  • C. M. Hedrich - , University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • A. Leszczynska - , Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • J. Hammermann - , Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • V. Bau - , University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Department of Ophthalmology (Author)
  • M. Gahr - , University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)

Abstract

Juvenile systemic sclerosis (JSSc) is a rare but severe multi-system connective tissue disease of unknown etiology. It is one of the most difficult to treat rheumatic diseases in childhood and characterized by thickening and fibrosis of the skin and associated with fibrosis of internal organs. Eye involvement has rarely been reported. In a 7-year-old African girl, who presented with chorioretinitis and subsequently developed JSSc we discuss the possible association of chorioretinitis with JSSc and the putative implications of scleroderma vascular disease in the development of this complication and review the existing literature.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92-94
Number of pages3
JournalKlinische Padiatrie
Volume223
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 21294066

Keywords

Keywords

  • Chorioretinitis, eye involvement, JSSc, Scleroderma, SSc, systemic sclerosis