BACKGROUND: The cardinal signs and symptoms of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) include periodic fever, arthralgia and arthritis, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, an evanescent rash accompanied by neutrophilic granulocytosis, and a negative rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibody test. OBJECTIVE: To alert clinicians and dermatologists to internal diseases such as AOSD when assisting patients with urticarial eruptions and systemic symptoms. METHODS: A case report of a 52-year-old white woman who received conventional therapy for urticaria for 3 years, with no improvement. Following this period, a diagnosis of AOSD was performed based on the presence of systemic symptoms. RESULTS: The inflammatory activity markers decreased by the second month of methotrexate therapy; however, the cutaneous lesions failed to disappear. Thalidomide was initiated, and total improvement of the cutaneous lesions was observed after 2 weeks. CONCLUSION: Urticarial rash is an uncommon presentation of AOSD, and clinicians must be alert to the possibility of a misdiagnosis in these cases.
BACKGROUND: The cardinal signs and symptoms of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) include periodic fever, arthralgia and arthritis, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, an evanescent rash accompanied by neutrophilic granulocytosis, and a negative rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibody test. OBJECTIVE: To alert clinicians and dermatologists to internal diseases such as AOSD when assisting patients with urticarial eruptions and systemic symptoms. METHODS: A case report of a 52-year-old white woman who received conventional therapy for urticaria for 3 years, with no improvement. Following this period, a diagnosis of AOSD was performed based on the presence of systemic symptoms. RESULTS: The inflammatory activity markers decreased by the second month of methotrexate therapy; however, the cutaneous lesions failed to disappear. Thalidomide was initiated, and total improvement of the cutaneous lesions was observed after 2 weeks. CONCLUSION:Urticarial rash is an uncommon presentation of AOSD, and clinicians must be alert to the possibility of a misdiagnosis in these cases.
Authors: Sergio A Mora Alfonso; Daniel M Cuestas Rodríguez; John D Londoño; Rafael Valle-Oñate; Gerardo Quintana Journal: Springerplus Date: 2015-04-10
Authors: Francisco Javier Narváez Garcia; María Pascual; Mercè López de Recalde; Pablo Juarez; Isabel Morales-Ivorra; Jaime Notario; Anna Jucglà; Joan M Nolla Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2017-03 Impact factor: 1.889