title: An adult-onset still's disease with autoimmune thyroiditis.
abstract: Adult-onset Still's disease is a rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology and has same clinical characteristics of the systemic form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. A 17 years old white female had arthralgias of multiple joints including small joints of hands. She had fever, rash, hepatosplenomegaly, and CRP-122mg/dl, ESR-91mm in 1st hour. She had also TSH - 6.24μIU/mL, fT3 - 2.1pg/mL, fT4 - 1.36ng/dL and diagnosed as Adult-onset Still's disease with autoimmune thyroiditis. It is an inherited condition and is more common in women than in men.
authors: Harran University, Department of Internal Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey. turgayulas@yahoo.com
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ulas
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Dal
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Bes
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Borlu
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Buyukhatipoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016706:Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / Q000150:complications*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*