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Adult onset Still’s disease flared with pericardial effusion

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Adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is characterized by spiking fevers, arthritis, rash, and involvement of multiple organs, and can be classified as self-limited, intermittent, and chronic disease groups. Cardiac manifestations include pericarditis and myocarditis. The case of this disease flared only with pericardial effusion is not reported. We describe a patient with adult onset Still’s disease who was flared with pericardial effusion without other AOSD-associated symptoms, and propose that pericardial effusion should be included as a feature of flare in the intermittent disease group of adult onset Still’s disease.

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Yoo, W.H. Adult onset Still’s disease flared with pericardial effusion. Rheumatol Int 28, 285–287 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-007-0425-3

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Keywords

  • Adult onset Still’s disease
  • Flare
  • Pericardial effusion