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[Myopericarditis as the presenting manifestation of adult Still's disease]
E Oehler1, F Valour1, E Hachulla2
1Service de médecine interne et polyvalente, centre hospitalier de Polynésie française, Tahiti, 98713 Pirae, Polynésie française.
Introduction:
Adult Still's disease may present with multiple non-specific clinical manifestations leading to diagnostic difficulties. Presentation as initial myopericarditis is rare but must be known.
Case Report:
We report a 49-year-old man who presented with the sudden onset of a high fever, arthralgia and myalgia, skin rash, dyspnea and chest pain related to a myopericarditis. Infectious, neoplastic and autoimmune diagnostic work-up was non-contributive. Adult Still's disease was discussed and confirmed by the decrease in the glycosylated fraction of ferritin. Corticosteroids followed by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra) therapy allowed a rapid improvement in clinical and biological manifestations.
Conclusion:
Adult Still's disease should be considered in any systemic inflammatory disease without a diagnosis, even with atypical manifestations, especially since it can be life-threatening in the absence of treatment.
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