Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the sternoclavicular joint in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and comparison with clinical examination.

Objective: The sternoclavicular joint (SCJ), an important link between the appendicular and axial skeleton, though involved in 41% of rheumatoid arthritis patients, has not been studied in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Hence, this cross-sectional study was done to delineate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in SCJ in JIA and compare with the clinical examination to diagnose SCJ arthritis.

Methods: Of the 116 JIA patients attending the pediatric rheumatology clinic, twenty-one patients (42 SC joints) were evaluated by 1.