Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia (PPD) is a rare disorder of postnatal skeletal and cartilage development that often presents with similar clinical findings to juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Patients with PPD display findings of progressive cartilage loss and secondary osteoarthritis over serial imaging studies and have an absence of elevation of inflammatory markers. Awareness of the imaging features of PPD on radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be important for early diagnosis and surveillance of the disease.
Keywords: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric musculoskeletal imaging; Pediatric radiology; Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia; Skeletal dysplasias.