Titre du document / Document title

Enfermedad de Still del adulto y síndrome de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica. Papel de la ferritina sanguinea = Adults Still's disease and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Role of blood ferritin

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

ORTEGA CARNICER J. ; CERES F. ;

Résumé / Abstract

Adult-onset Still' disease -variant of the form of juvenile arthritis- is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, rare presentation (0.16 cases per 100,000 persons per year), and characterized by high fever,arthritis, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and evanescent rash. Ferritin levels further of 3.000 ng/ml (normal < 365 ng/ml) are of especial value in establishing the diagnosis. We present a patient with Adult-onset Still' disease complicated with a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation) who had ferritin levels further of 15,000 ng/ml and died after high-doses of corticosteroid.

Revue / Journal Title

Medicina intensiva    ISSN  0210-5691 

Source / Source

2003, vol. 27, n^o9, pp. 624-626 [3 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Espagnol
Revue : Espagnol

Editeur / Publisher

IDEPSA, Madrid, ESPAGNE  (1977) (Revue)

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 18748, 35400011585495.0080