Juvenile Onset Still’s Disease Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: A Case Report

Himanshu Juneja and Surekha Dabla

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V4I8P101

Research Article | Open Access

Volume 4 | Issue 8 | Year 2017 | Article Id. IJMS-V4I8P101 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V4I8P101

Juvenile Onset Still’s Disease Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: A Case Report

Himanshu Juneja and Surekha Dabla

Citation :

Himanshu Juneja and Surekha Dabla, "Juvenile Onset Still’s Disease Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: A Case Report," International Journal of Medical Science, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 1-2, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V4I8P101

Abstract

Juvenile onset still’s disease is a rare clinical entity with unknown etiology characterized by fever, evanescent rash, arthralgis and other systemic presentations. This report described a 15 year old male who presented with high grade fever, sore throat, rash, arthralgias, raised liver enzymes and hyperferritinemia. He was diagnosed to have Still’s Disease based on Yamuguchi criteria after the exclusion of other potential diagnoses. The patient started on methotrexate, etoricoxib and prednisolone and responded well to treatment.

Keywords

Still’s disease, Yamuguchi criteria, Systemic onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

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