[Pericarditis disclosing at adult age recurrent Still's disease in childhood].
A 29 year old patient with a history of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis had a recurrence 12 years later, presenting as pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Cardiac tamponade is a rare complication of Still's disease. To the author's knowledge, it has never been described as the mode of presentation of adult Still's disease. The diagnostic difficulties and inefficacy of non-steroid anti-inflammatory agents are illustrated by this case.
Service de cardiologie C, Hôpital cardiologique, Lille.
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M
Bellart-Clavier
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A
Millaire
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de Groote
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P
Le Franc
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R
Lucaes
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Ducloux
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis
D011241:Prednisone
Péricardite révélatrice à l'âge adulte d'une récidive de maladie de Still de l'enfant.