STILL’S DISEASE IN ADULTS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2024.2.14617

Keywords:

Still’s disease, arthralgia, rash, clinical case

Abstract

SUMMARY. Aim – using the example of a clinical case to acquaint practicing doctors with the features of the clinical course of Still’s disease.

A patient hospitalized at the Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Hospital in the infectious department with fever, a maculo-papular rash on the hands and in the «décolletage», pain and swelling of the carpal joints, as well as with high levels of blood ferritin – >1500 mcg/l (norm 13–120 mcg/l), the diagnosis is established – Still’s disease in adults.

Author Biographies

  • V. D. Moskaliuk, Bukovinian State Medical University

    MD, Professor, Head at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Bukovynian State Medical University

  • I. V. Balaniuk, Bukovinian State Medical University

    PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Bukovynian State Medical University

  • S. R. Melenko, Bukovinian State Medical University

    PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Bukovynian State Medical University

  • N. V. Сhernetska, Bukovinian State Medical University

    PhD, assistant of the Department of Internal Medicine, Bukovynian State Medical University

  • I. I. Kravchuk, Bukovinian State Medical University

    Assistant at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Bukovynian State Medical University

  • N. V. Kostina, Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Hospital

    infectious disease doctor of the Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Hospital

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Published

2024-05-13

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Brief reports

How to Cite

STILL’S DISEASE IN ADULTS. (2024). Infectious Diseases – Infektsiyni Khvoroby, 2, 89-91. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2024.2.14617