Reiter's Disease in Children

Reiter's syndrome: The classic triad and more

“…16 In terms of age, Reiter's syndrome is more common in adults than in children. 17,18 The peak age of onset is during the third decade of life, 19 but several cases have been reported in children. [20][21][22] In one study at a Thailand hospital, the mean age at onset was 23 years.…”

Reiter's syndrome in a five‐year‐old girl

“…As Kantor pointed out, adequate clinical trials have been limited to the efficacy of ibuprofen in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and acute gouty arthritis (2)(3)(4). Although these studies suggest it is a useful nonsteroidal, antiinflammatory agent, further clinical trials defining ibuprofen's effectiveness in other forms of inflammatory arthritis have not been undertaken.…”

“…The clear history of urethritis in this patient and in other children with Reiter's syndrome (3) supports the hypothesis that the urethritis in these patients is not necessarily sexually transmitted. The occurrence of Reiter's syndrome in both parents and children (3) suggests that similar etiologic and susceptibility factors may be involved, but expression of the disease is more common in adults.…”

Unusual Manifestations of Reiter’s Disease in a Child

“…Infrequent occurrence of Reiter's disease in children is stressed in a review by Rosen berg and Petty [2]. They found only 36 cases, including3 oftheirown.…”

“…The entity is much more common in adults than in children. Only 36 cases of this disease have so far been reported in children [2], Curious ly, skin involvement was uncommon in them, only 2 cases have been reported earli er. Hence, we were prompted to report its occurrence in a male child who had charac teristic skin lesions in addition to the afore said triad.…”