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Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México

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Abstract

CESPEDES-CRUZ, Adriana I. et al. Pulmonary involvement in patients with juvenile systemic sclerosis. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2021, vol.78, n.5, pp.385-394.  Epub Oct 04, 2021. ISSN 1665-1146.  https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.20000301.

Background:

Pulmonary involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis (JSSc) is rare in children and contributes to morbimortality. This study aimed to describe the pulmonary function and clinical, radiologic, and tomographic findings in JSSc.

Methods:

Patients with JSSc between 5-14 years of age were included. Clinical, functional, and imaging characteristics were assessed. Patients were excluded if they showed lung disease not associated with JSSc: mixed connective tissue disease, overlap syndrome, or acute cardiopulmonary failure at the time of the study. All patients underwent physical examination, electrocardiogram, spirometry, chest X-ray, high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest, echocardiography, lung function tests, and the 6-minute walk test (6-MWT). Descriptive statistics were employed for data analysis.

Results:

We studied 15 patients with the following characteristics: median age, 11 years; median since symptoms onset, 6 years; median since JSSc diagnosis and the finding of pulmonary involvement, 2 years. Lung disease was detected in 73%, interstitial lung disease (ILD) the most common affection (67%); pulmonary hypertension was found in 6.6%. 6-MWT was positive in 26.6%, forced vital capacity (FVC) was abnormal in 26.6%. No pulmonary involvement was found in four patients.

Conclusions:

The most frequent pulmonary affection in JSSc was ILD. Thus, early JSSc detection and periodic lung monitoring are mandatory to avoid further complications once JSSc is diagnosed.

Keywords : Juvenile systemic sclerosis; Interstitial lung disease; High resolution computed tomography.

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