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The diagnosis of adult onset Still’s disease is difficult in the absence of definite clinical and laboratory criteria. A delayed diagnosis of adult onset Still’s disease was made in a 23-year-old female who developed multi-organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation with fingertip auto-amputation during a febrile illness considered septic due to the persistence of elevated serum procalcitonin concentration.
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Ames, P.R.J., Walker, E., Aw, D. et al. Multi-organ failure in adult onset Still’s disease: a septic disguise. Clin Rheumatol 28 (Suppl 1), 3–6 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-008-1010-1
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