Adult Still's disease and respiratory failure in a 74 year old woman.
A case of adult onset Still's disease in an elderly woman, that was associated with severe respiratory failure and multiorgan dysfunction, is reported. Histopathology was confirmed on open lung biopsy.
Stoica
G S
GS
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York 11042, USA.
Cohen
R I
RI
Rossoff
L J
LJ
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D016706:Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone