Description

A patient with adult-onset Still's disease may present with a number of clinical signs and symptoms. The onset may follow a recent infection.


 

Findings in most or all patients:

(1) transient fevers > 39°C

(2) arthritis and/or arthralgias

 

Findings in many patients:

(1) sore throat

(2) myalgias

(3) lymphadenopathy

(4) rash (evanescent, pink, maculopapular, on trunk and proximal limbs)

 

Findings in some patients:

(1) pleuritis

(2) pericarditis

(3) splenomegaly

 


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