The 2024 Image Competition showcased images representing a diverse range of pediatric patients. Here, we showcase the images from Europe and Central Asia, which were selected by ACR Convergence 2024 attendees in the first plenary session to receive the People’s Choice Award. A Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease An 18-month-old boy from Angola was…
For the 2024 Image Competition, the ACR sought images representing a diverse range of patients with educational or remarkable manifestations of pediatric rheumatic diseases, including autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious and malignant drivers of pediatric rheumatic disease. Here, we showcase the images selected as Best Overall. Cavitary Lung Nodules with Sinus & Skin Disease in Pediatric ANCA-Associated…
At this ACR Convergence 2024 session, experts discussed new and creative ways to design trials to account for real-world scenarios and to produce information relevant to practicing clinicians.
By Matthew A. Sherman, MD, MHSc, & Stacey E. Tarvin, MD, MS |
Why was this study done? Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy in childhood, and most patients have a chronic disease course requiring prolonged administration of systemic glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive agents. The initial management for patients with moderately severe JDM is relatively standardized, typically including methotrexate and systemic glucocorticoids with…