The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis
Adult-onset Still’s disease is a rare condition that typically presents itself with intermittent fever, arthralgia and salmon colored rash. The involvement of the in lung is less common and very rare. Diagnosis is relatively difficult because of the presence of non-specific symptoms and the lack of...
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| description | Adult-onset Still’s disease is a rare condition that typically presents itself with intermittent fever, arthralgia and salmon colored rash. The involvement of the in lung is less common and very rare. Diagnosis is relatively difficult because of the presence of non-specific symptoms and the lack of serological markers specific to the disease. We report the case of a patient having a pulmonary infiltrate/infiltration compatible with pneumonia, cutaneous/skin rash and persistence of fever with multiple admissions to the Emergency Room due to the failure of treatment with antibiotics. After an appropriate work-up, a diagnosis of adult-onset Still’s disease was made. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f948dabdea148718b821d21292bd8912022-12-22T03:35:00ZengPAGEPress PublicationsEmergency Care Journal1826-98262282-20542017-04-0113110.4081/ecj.2017.64125250The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosisBahjat Barakat0Raffaele Pezzilli1Emergency Department, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of BolognaDepartment of Digestive System, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of BolognaAdult-onset Still’s disease is a rare condition that typically presents itself with intermittent fever, arthralgia and salmon colored rash. The involvement of the in lung is less common and very rare. Diagnosis is relatively difficult because of the presence of non-specific symptoms and the lack of serological markers specific to the disease. We report the case of a patient having a pulmonary infiltrate/infiltration compatible with pneumonia, cutaneous/skin rash and persistence of fever with multiple admissions to the Emergency Room due to the failure of treatment with antibiotics. After an appropriate work-up, a diagnosis of adult-onset Still’s disease was made.http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/6412Adult-onset Still’s diseaseUltrasonographyComputed tomographyChest x-ray |
| spellingShingle | Bahjat Barakat Raffaele Pezzilli The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis Emergency Care Journal Adult-onset Still’s disease Ultrasonography Computed tomography Chest x-ray |
| title | The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis |
| title_full | The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis |
| title_fullStr | The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis |
| title_short | The cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate: a difficult etiological diagnosis |
| title_sort | cause of fever and pulmonary infiltrate a difficult etiological diagnosis |
| topic | Adult-onset Still’s disease Ultrasonography Computed tomography Chest x-ray |
| url | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/6412 |
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