Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis–associated lung disease: A retrospective cohort study

Author:

Belozerov Konstantin E,Solomatina Natalia M,Isupova Eugenia A,Kuznetsova Alla A,Kostik Mikhail M

Abstract

BACKGROUND Lung damage in systemic juvenile arthritis (sJIA) is one of the contemporary topics in pediatric rheumatology. Several previous studies showed the severe course and fatal outcomes in some patients. The information about interstitial lung disease (ILD) in the sJIA is scarce and limited to a total of 100 cases. AIM To describe the features of sJIA patients with ILD in detail. METHODS In the present retrospective cohort study, information about 5 patients less than 18-years-old with sJIA and ILD were included. The diagnosis of sJIA was made according to the current 2004 and new provisional International League of Associations for Rheumatology criteria 2019. ILD was diagnosed with chest computed tomography with the exclusion of other possible reasons for concurrent lung involvement. Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) was diagnosed with HLH-2004 and 2016 EULAR/ACR/PRINTO Classification Criteria and hScores were calculated during the lung involvement. RESULTS The onset age of sJIA ranged from 1 year to 10 years. The time interval before ILD ranged from 1 mo to 3 years. The disease course was characterized by the prevalence of the systemic features above articular involvement, intensive rash (100%), persistent and very active MAS (hScore range: 194-220) with transaminitis (100%), and respiratory symptoms (100%). Only 3 patients (60%) developed a clubbing phenomenon. All patients (100%) had pleural effusion and 4 patients (80%) had pericardial effusion at the disease onset. Two patients (40%) developed pulmonary arterial hypertension. Infusion-related reactions to tocilizumab were observed in 3 (60%) of the patients. One patient with trisomy 21 had a fatal disease course. Half of the remaining patients had sJIA remission and 2 patients had improvement. Lung disease improved in 3 patients (75%), but 1 of them had initial deterioration of lung involvement. One patient who has not achieved the sJIA remission had the progressed course of ILD. No cases of hyper-eosinophilia were noted. Four patients (80%) received canakinumab and one (20%) tocilizumab at the last follow-up visit. CONCLUSION ILD is a severe life-threatening complication of sJIA that may affect children of different ages with different time intervals since the disease onset. Extensive rash, serositis (especially pleuritis), full-blown MAS with transaminitis, lymphopenia, trisomy 21, eosinophilia, and biologic infusion reaction are the main predictors of ILD. The following studies are needed to find the predictors, pathogenesis, and treatment options, for preventing and treating the ILD in sJIA patients.

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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.

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