A Case of Adult-Onset Still's Disease with Positive Antinuclear Antibodies

Copyright © 2020, Lakshman et al..

Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare inflammatory disorder involving multiple systems. It can present a wide range of symptoms like maculopapular rash, fever, and arthralgia, which may overlap with many other disorders, making it difficult to diagnose. Unknown etiology and no diagnostic tests further make it complex to establish the diagnosis of AOSD. We report the case of a 30-year-old female who presented with persistent rash, joint pain, and fever, along with positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA), diagnosed with this condition. The patient improved with corticosteroids and the plan is to start disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) after tapering off steroids.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 12(2020), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite e10761

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lakshman, Harini [VerfasserIn]
Athwal, Pal Satyajit Singh [VerfasserIn]
Gondi, Anitha [VerfasserIn]
Dhillon, Sandaljit [VerfasserIn]
Towfiq, Basim A [VerfasserIn]

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Adult-onset still’s disease
Antinuclear antibodies
Case Reports

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Date Revised 06.11.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.10761

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31718296X