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Congestive Heart Failure: An Uncommon Presentation of Systemic Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SOJIA)

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Children with systemic onset Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SOJIA) are known to develop myocarditis and congestive heart failure as a complication of disease process infrequently. Cardiac involvement causing congestive heart failure as a presenting manifestation in SOJIA is rarely described in the literature. The authors describe a case of an 11- yr- old boy with SOJIA who presented with congestive heart failure following active myocarditis, with the flare of the disease process. The cardiac manifestations, along with the disease activity were controlled with intensive immunosuppressive therapy.

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RM, AG, TS: diagnosis and management of the patient; RM,SS : searched the literature; and drafted the manuscript. RM: critical review. All the authors approved the final version. RM,TS: guarantor.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, NBMCH, Darjeeling, India

    Rakesh Mondal, Anirban Ghoshal & Tapas Sabui

  2. Balarampur, Mahestala, Kolkata, 700141, India

    Rakesh Mondal

  3. Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, IPGMER, Kolkata, India

    Sumantra Sarkar

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Mondal, R., Sarkar, S., Ghoshal, A. et al. Congestive Heart Failure: An Uncommon Presentation of Systemic Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SOJIA). Indian J Pediatr 80, 67–69 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-011-0636-1

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