Graves' disease associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rev Bras Reumatol. 2011 Mar-Apr;51(2):187-9.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 10-year-old girl with Graves' disease (GD), treated with propylthiouracil, who developed uveitis and polyarticular arthritis, and whose mother also had GD and discoid lupus. The differential diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis that appears in a child with autoimmune thyroid disease managed with antithyroid drugs is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Juvenile / etiology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Graves Disease / complications*
  • Humans