| Literature DB >> 20495923 |
Bharath Manu Akkara Veetil1, Alan H Yee, Kenneth J Warrington, Allen J Aksamit, Thomas G Mason.
Abstract
Adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by high-fevers, articular involvement, maculopapular rash, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and a neutrophilic leukocytosis. Though systemic complications of AOSD or its treatment are well described in the literature, CNS involvement in AOSD is exceedingly rare and can have protean manifestations. We present a patient with AOSD who developed chronic meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss on treatment, with a review of prior reported cases of aseptic meningitis, to highlight this rare complication of this uncommon illness.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20495923 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1529-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 3.580