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Adult Onset Still’s Disease: Clinical Features and Outcome in 16 Thai Patients

 

作者: Worawit,   Louthrenoo Thanyarat,   Aramsareewong Waraporn,  

 

期刊: JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology  (OVID Available online 2001)
卷期: Volume 7, issue 5  

页码: 301-307

 

ISSN:1076-1608

 

年代: 2001

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Still’s disease;Fever of unknown origin;Rheumatoid arthritis

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

The clinical features of adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD) have rarely been described in Thai patients. We report the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and outcome of 16 Thai patients with AOSD, and compare these findings with those of the western and other oriental series. Fourteen patients (87.5%) had the onset of their disease between 16–35 years of age. The most common features presented were fever (100%), arthralgia and myalgia (100%), significant weight loss (84.6%), arthritis (81.3%), skin rashes (68.8%), sore throat (62.5%), elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (100%), leukocytosis (93.8%), and liver dysfunction (75%). Pleuro-pericarditis and abdominal pain were uncommon. All but 2 patients required corticosteroids to control their systemic disease activity. The clinical course of 13 patients, who were followed for more than 12 months, was monocyclic systemic disease in four cases, polycyclic systemic disease in five, chronic articular monocyclic systemic in one, and chronic articular polycyclic systemic in three. When compared with western and other oriental series, the AOSD in Thai patients shared similar clinical features and laboratory findings, suggesting that mechanisms of pathogenesis may be similar in patients from widely different genetic backgrounds and geographic locations. Corticosteroids were frequently required and dramatically effective.

 

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