Adult onset still’s disease: a diagnostic dilemma
dc.contributor.author | Reddy, Dugganapalli Dinesh Kumar | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sindhusha, Veeraballi | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jagadeesh, Metta | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-09T07:42:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-09T07:42:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | Adult onset still’s disease is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology, characterized by clinical triad (high spiking fever, evanescent rash and arthritis) and biological triad with lack of serological markers as a true gold standard makes diagnosis difficulty. Here is a case of 32year old male presented with high grade fever for 2 months, joint pains and swelling for 1month rash for 3 days. O/E: pallor and B/L tender, swollen ankle and knee joints, and P/A: splenomegaly. Investigations showed-Hb%. 8 gms, neutrophilic leucocytosis with thrombocytosis, ESR:72 mm/1h, CRP elevated. ASO-titre, RA factor and Anti CCP antibodies are negative. Adult onset still’s disease is a heterogenous and rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology with lack of serological diagnostic modalities. | en_US |
dc.identifier.affiliations | Department of Medicine, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India | en_US |
dc.identifier.affiliations | Department of Medicine, SV Medical Vollege, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Reddy Dugganapalli Dinesh Kumar, Sindhusha Veeraballi, Jagadeesh Metta. Adult onset still’s disease: a diagnostic dilemma. International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 2019 Nov; 6(6): 1950-1952 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2349-3925 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2349-3933 | |
dc.identifier.place | India | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/194435 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Medip Academy | en_US |
dc.relation.issuenumber | 6 | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 6 | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20195258 | en_US |
dc.subject | Adult onset still’s disease | en_US |
dc.subject | Arthritis | en_US |
dc.subject | Evanescent rash | en_US |
dc.subject | High spiking fever | en_US |
dc.subject | Pyrexia of unknown origin | en_US |
dc.title | Adult onset still’s disease: a diagnostic dilemma | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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