CASE REPORT
Year : 2013  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 465-467

Adult onset Still's disease: An uncommon etiology of non-resolving pneumonia


1 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine & Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
2 Department of ENT, PGIMSR & ESI Hospital, Joka, Kolkata, India
3 Department of Neuromedicine, N. R. S. Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Correspondence Address:
Somak Kumar Das
A / 14, Katjunagar, Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700 032
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.118293

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Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, usually presenting with high spiking fever accompanied by several systemic manifestations. Pulmonary complications in AOSD are also rare. Only a few earlier pathologic reports exist describing AOSD with pulmonary involvement. AOSD presenting as non-resolving pneumonia is poorly reported in literature. We report one case of AOSD presented initially as non-resolving pneumonia. In this report, we conclude that every clinician must consider AOSD as a potential differential diagnosis of non-resolving pneumonia.


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