Rheumatology

Pediatric Rheumatology at MUSC Children's Health is a subspecialty, offering expertise in the diagnosis of:

Autoimmune diseases
Musculoskeletal pain syndromes
Periodic and prolonged fever conditions
Multisystem inflammatory conditions
Connective tissue diseases

Treatment strategies are designed to address all aspects of the child’s life through multidisciplinary, comprehensive, compassionate care. Our rheumatology specialists collaborate with all the subspecialties including ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopaedics, nephrology, neurology and psychology.

Services We Offer

Arthrocentesis and intra-articular steroid injections
Infusion related therapies:
- Abatacept
- Cyclophosphamide
- Infliximab
- Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- Rituximab
- Solu-Medrol
- Tocilizumab
Other outpatient therapies, including:
- Adalimumab
- Anakinra
- Azathioprine
- Canakinumab
- Etanercept
- Golimumab
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Leflunomide
- Methotrexate
- Mycophenolate mofetil
- NSAIDs
- Prednisone
- Rilonacept

Rheumatology Conditions We Treat

Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE)
Fibromyalgia
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), including;
- Oligoarticular JIA
- Polyarticular JIA
- Enthesitis-related arthritis (Spondyloarthropathy)
- Systemic JIA
- Psoriatic JIA
Localized scleroderma
Neonatal lupus
Periodic fever syndrome
Postinfectious arthritis/reactive arthritis
Rheumatic fever
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus(SCLE)
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic sclerosis/Scleroderma
Vasculitis, including:
- ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV)
- Behcet's disease
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP)
- Hypermobility syndromes