The Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Tufts Medical Center provides evaluation and treatment services for a range of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders in children. Our experienced, board-certified doctors see over 1,000 patients a year with symptoms related to these diseases. We work with these patients, their families and referring physicians to determine a diagnosis and the best treatment plan.
The comprehensive services that we provide for children with rheumatic disease include treatment of:
- Arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sub-types including oligoarticular, polyarticular, systemic, psoriatic and enthesitis-related arthritis)
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Reactive arthritis
- Arthritis of inflammatory bowel disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Post-streptococcal arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Viral or post-infectious arthritis
- Lupus and other systemic overlap syndromes
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Dermatomyositis
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Anti-phospholipid syndrome
- Scleroderma
- Overlap syndrome
- Morphea
- Pernio
- Vasculitides
- Henoch-Schoelein purpura
- Kawasaki disease
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
- Bechet’s disease
- Periodic fever syndromes
- Hyper IgD
- Familial mediterranean fever (FMF)
- Tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)
- Cryopirin associated fever syndromes (Familial Cold Urticaria, Muckle-Wells syndrome, NOMID/CINCA).
- Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis syndrome (PFAPA)
- Inflammatory bone disorders
- CREMO/SAPHO
- Caffey’s disease
- Non-inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders
- Hypermobility syndrome
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- Pain amplification syndromes
To make an appointment for your child to see a specialist for any of these conditions or other pediatric rheumatic diseases, please call 617-636-7285.
