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Particular course of primary chronic polyarthritis in adulthood, an autoinflammatory syndrome with recurrent urticarial exanthema, lymphadenopathy, re- and intermittent fever > 39 °C, carditis, liver and spleen enlargement, pericarditis, rarely myocarditis. See also Still's syndrome in childhood.
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- Major criteria (n. Yamaguchi et al.):
- Integument: Volatile, urticarial, morbilliform, or scarlatiniform exanthema on extremities, trunk, and face with high recurrence. Intensification often in the evening, often absent in the morning (90%).
- Intermittent episodes of fever > 39 °C with 1-2 spikes/day, persistent for at least 1 week (> 95%)
- Arthralgias for at least 2 weeks
- Arthritides > 2 weeks (90%)
- Leukocytosis (> 10,000/μl) with at least 80% neutrophils.
- Minor criteria:
- Sore throat
- Visceral manifestations: Generalized non-painful lymphadenopathy with or without splenomegaly (45%).
- Transaminases and/or LDH elevated
- Pericarditis (25%)
- pleurisy (25%)
- Rheumatoid factor negative
- ANA negative
The diagnosis of "adult Still syndrome" requires at least 5 criteria, 2 of which are major criteria.
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Nonspecific signs of inflammation with leukocytosis and neutrophilia, BSG and CRP significantly elevated, often high ferritin level, thrombocytosis possible (Höllweger N et al. 2018).
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Dermal oedema with dilated blood and lymphatic vessels, thin perivascular infiltrate of neutrophil granulocytes, lymphocytes and macrophages.
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The adult breastfeeding syndrome is counted among the extended circle of autoinflammatory syndromes.
In rare cases, overlaps are described with Kikuchi-Fujimoto Syndrome, a cervically emphasized self-limited lymphadenopathy.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Herzer P (1986) Still syndrome in adults. German Med Weekly 111: 865-867
- Höllweger N et al (2018) Adult onset Still`s syndrome. J Dtsch Dermatol 16: 491-492
- Kaufmann S et al (1981) Still syndrome in adults. A contribution to the differential diagnosis of "fever of unknown origin". Med World 32: 1692-1697
- Prendiville JS et al (2004) A Pruritic Linear Urticarial Rash, Fever, and Systemic Inflammatory Disease in Five Adolescents: Adult-Onset Still Disease or Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis sine Arthritis? Pediatric Dermatol 21: 580-588
- Zollner RC et al (1997) Hyperferritinemia in Still syndrome in the adult and reactive hemophagocytic syndrome. Med Klin (Munich) 92: 494-498
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