Adult Onset Still’s Disease: A Case Report in Hospital Kuala Lumpur
- Author:
Choon Sian Lee
1
;
Li Lian Tay
2
;
Gin Peng Chan
1
;
Zuliatul Faizah Baharom
3
;
Bang Rom Lee
4
;
Suganthi Thevarajah
1
;
Min Moon Tang
1
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. Department of Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4. Department of Pathology, Gleneagles TM Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- From:Malaysian Journal of Dermatology
2020;44(1):41-49
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a sporadic
complex autoinflammatory syndrome first described
in 1971.1 It is characterised by high spiking fever,
polyarthritis, sore throat, lymphadenopathy,
hepatosplenomegaly, serositis, and evanescent skin
eruptions.1,2 It is associated with life-threatening
complications too. Diagnosis of AOSD is laborious
as it requires extensive investigations to exclude
infections, autoimmune diseases and malignancy.
Here we illustrate a young female who exhibited a
turbulent presentation of ASOD.
- Full text:Case Report 2_pg411.pdf
