AB0738 SAPHO OR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS?: EVALUATION OF CASPAR CRITERIA IN A COHORT WITH SAPHO.

SAPHO syndrome or psoriatic arthritis? A familial case study.

OBJECTIVE To discuss the relationships between SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis) syndrome and the group of spondylarthropathies. METHODS Few reports of familial SAPHO have been published. We describe three children, two sisters and one brother, whose clinical and radiological presentation was in accordance with SAPHO syndrome. RESULTS Two children developed psor...

Psoriatic arthritis criteria evaluation: CASPAR and Modified CASPAR.

Sirs, Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been evaluated as a separate disease since 1964 by the American College of RheumatologyACR (1). The first and the simpliest Moll & Wright criteria (2) were followed by a number of classification criteria, but none of them survived enough to be widely used. CASPAR criteria (CIASsification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis), are derived from a large internationa...

SAPHO Syndrome

Serum levels of angiogenic cytokines in psoriatic arthritis and SAPHO syndrome.

INTRODUCTION Angiogenesis is involved in the pathogenesis of arthritis. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess the serum levels of selected angiogenic cytokines and their association with clinical presentation in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and SAPHO syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 98 patients: 80 with PsA and 18 with SAPHO syndrome. The following data were reco...

SAPHO syndrome: a review

INTRODUCTION Synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteitis (SAPHO) is an acronym for various osteoarticular and dermatological manifestations that can appear in the same patient. It is a rare syndrome, but since its awareness has increased, there have been more and more such reports in the literature. AIMS The objectives of this review are to summarize the current state of knowledge on pedi...