A notable reason for fever of unknown origin: Adult onset still disease
Levent Altıntop 1 * , Engin Kut, Fatih Mehmet Çilingir, Abdurrahim Yıldırım, Ramazan Gökdemir
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1 OMÜ Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları AD Samsun, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Fever of unknown origin is a symptom that is recognized in all medical branches. Even though fever is a symptom of infectious diseases, not all fever cases are related with infectious diseases. In the event of long term fever, be­side the infectious diseases, collagen tissue lesions and malignancies must also be recognized.Here, we pres­ent two adult-onset Still disease patients who were diag­nosed with fever of unknown origin. Our aim is to point out the importance of remembering adult-onset Still disease in patients who were diagnosed with fever of unknown origin.

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Article Type: Case Report

J Clin Exp Invest, 2013, Volume 4, Issue 1, 119-122

https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2013.01.0248

Publication date: 15 Mar 2013

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