Open AccessProlonged Fever in Adult Stills Disease A Case Report and Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Shafayet Hasan Majumder,
E. Jalil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of bangladesh college of physicians and surgeons/journal of bangladesh college of physicians and surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-6365
pISSN - 1015-0870
DOI - 10.3329/jbcps.v32i4.26110
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , disease , intensive care medicine , fever of unknown origin , serology , pediatrics , pathology , immunology , surgery , antibody
Prolonged high fever is a common clinical problem and sometimes the diagnosis is difficult, management can be a challenge to the clinicians. Adult onset Stills Disease is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that is responsible for a significant proportion of cases of fever of unknown origin and can also have serious musculoskeletal sequelae. The disease presents as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinicians and clinical guidelines are lacking. The emergence of classification criteria, discovery of better serological markers and the application of new biological agents may all provide the clinicians with significant tools for the diagnosis and management of this complex disorderJ Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2014; 32: 224-228