Şengül Çağlayan, Begüm Şirin Koç, Özge Baba, Esra Bağlan, Burçak Kurucu, Deniz Gezgin Yıldırım, Aylin Canbolat Ayhan, Mustafa Çakan, Gülçin Otar Yener, Kübra Öztürk, Figen Çakmak, Hafize Emine Sönmez, Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Ayşenur Paç Kısaarslan, Sevcan Bakkaloğlu, Mukaddes Kalyoncu, Suar Çakı Kılıç, Betül Sözeri
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate the approaches of pediatric rheumatologists and pediatric hematologists to patients with similar musculoskeletal (MSK) complaints and to highlight the differences that general pediatricians should consider when referring patients to these specialties. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study involving the patients who applied to pediatric rheumatology centers with MSK complaints and were diagnosed with malignancy, as well as patients who were followed up in pediatric hematology centers with a malignancy diagnosis, and had MSK complaints at the time of admission...
2024: Turkish Journal of Pediatrics