Tenzin Gyaltsen*, Ajay Gowda, Sarath Chandran Kr, Satyajit Hajong, Nitajan Nongtdu and Gido Pertin

PGTs in Department of General Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, India

*Corresponding Author: Tenzin Gyaltsen, PGTs in Department of General Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, India.

Received: November 29, 2022; Published: December 28, 2022

Abstract

Background: Adult onset still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare multisystemic inflammatory disorder with an unknown etiology. Many theories have been put forward to understand the pathogenesis of the disease. The sign, symptoms and severity of the disease vary among different individuals. The affected person generally present with arthritis, spiking fever with pink colored rash, muscle, joint pain and with other systemic presentations. Diagnosis is generally made after thorough clinical examination which requires exclusion of other conditions which mimics same presentation such as infection, malignancy and autoinflammatory condition before labeling a patient to be affected with AOSD.

With the above background, we report a case of 42 yrs. female who presented with joint pain, fever, sore throat and pink colour  rash predominantly on trunk and lower limbs which generally decreased whenever fever subsided (evanescent) since one year.  On clinical examination patient had cervical and right inguinal lymphadenopathy with splenomegaly. Laboratory test showed anemia, neutrophilic leukocytosis, raised liver enzymes and hyperferritinemia. After excluding the all the potential causes for the patient's condition, she was diagnosed to have AOSD based on Yamaguchi criteria. On treating the patient with corticosteroids and NSAIDs patient improved symptomatically.

Keywords: AOSD: Adult - Onset Still’s Disease

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Citation

Citation: Tenzin Gyaltsen., et al. “Adult - Onset Still’s Disease - Case Report”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 7.1 (2023): 80-82.

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