Treat to target: temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) – experience of Centro Hospitalar Do Porto
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Methods Selection of three polyarticular JIA cases with TMJ involvement followed in pediatric rheumatology unit. The protocol establishes oral-maxillofacial observation and high-resolution ultrasound at clinical presentation of polyarticular JIA. The need of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, the periodicity of clinical observations and the decision to perform intraarticular corticosteroids injections is based on the clinical repercussion of TMJ arthritis.
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