[Acute pericarditis as the initial manifestation in Still's disease in an adult].
Almost 90% of primary acute pericarditis are idiopathic. Between specifics forms, a very low percentage of cases are due to chronic rheumatic diseases. A case of adult Still's disease (juvenile chronic rheumatoid arthritis) with acute pericarditis being the first clinical manifestation (besides fever and general syndrome) is presented. Therapy with oral prednisone was rapidly effective, and pericardial effusion resolved after 3 weeks of treatment, as echocardiography showed.
López Granados
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A
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
Anguita Sánchez
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M
Mesa Rubio
M D
MD
Franco Zapata
M
M
Vivancos Delgado
R
R
Bueno Ferrer
G
G
Suárez de Lezo
J
J
Vallés Belsúe
F
F
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage
D011241:Prednisone
Pericarditis aguda como manifestación inicial de la enfermedad de Still del adulto.