Adult Still's disease: An unusual case with atypical skin and histopathological findings

Journal Title: Turkderm-Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology - Year 2020, Vol 54, Issue 3

Abstract

Adult Still's disease is a rare, acute systemic inflammatory disease characterized by a sudden rising fever, arthralgia/arthritis, neutrophilic leukocytosis and a typical salmon-colored macular or maculopapular rash associated elevated fever. Recently, atypical skin lesions with broad spectrum clinical features and distinctive histopathological findings have been reported in a rare case with active disease. Herein, we report an unusual case of Adult Still disease was presented and the characteristic features of atypical disease were highlighted.

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Ayşe Tunçer Vural, Deren Özcan, Merih Tepeoğlu

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  • EP ID EP689153
  • DOI 10.4274/turkderm.galenos.2020.87522
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Ayşe Tunçer Vural, Deren Özcan, Merih Tepeoğlu (2020). Adult Still's disease: An unusual case with atypical skin and histopathological findings. Turkderm-Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, 54(3), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-689153