Adult onset Still disease: A rare condition. Clinical experience with 17 cases
| Autor: | G Jorge Manuel Rueda, Herman González Buriticá, R Álvaro José Muriel, C Orlando Castaño |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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030203 arthritis & rheumatology
0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics education.field_of_study business.industry Population Still Disease Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Adult-Onset Still Disease medicine Fever of unknown origin business education Normal range Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Revista Colombiana de Reumatología (English Edition). 23:126-130 |
| ISSN: | 2444-4405 |
| Popis: | Objective To present current clinical experience and the clinical outcomes in the management of patients with adult Still disease. Materials and methods A retrospective study of a case series was conducted on of 17 cases diagnosed with adult Still disease during a period between 2009 and 2014 in 2 tertiary hospitals in Santiago de Cali. Results Of the 17 cases diagnosed and treated, it was found that 50% of patients had an elevated ferritin five times its normal value, being useful in the diagnosis. Less than 50% of cases were under 40 years, and about 50% of the population required combined treatment, with two patients requiring biological therapy to control their symptoms. Yamaguchi criteria were used for diagnostic correlation. Conclusions Adult Still's disease is a rare disease that requires a high index of suspicion, but it must be a disease to rule out, and it always requires management generally combined with schemes to improve the quality of life of patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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