A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) as the initial presentation of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an uncommon and difficult diagnosis to ascertain. However, it remains critical to establish the diagnosis since MAS is a potentially life-threatening systemic inflammatory condition....

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Autores principales: Deskins, Seth J, Crowder, Felistia, Downey, Sydney, Gelman, Jacob, Brant, Richard, Peppers, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9462600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110465
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27846
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author Deskins, Seth J
Crowder, Felistia
Downey, Sydney
Gelman, Jacob
Brant, Richard
Peppers, Brian
author_facet Deskins, Seth J
Crowder, Felistia
Downey, Sydney
Gelman, Jacob
Brant, Richard
Peppers, Brian
author_sort Deskins, Seth J
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description Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) as the initial presentation of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an uncommon and difficult diagnosis to ascertain. However, it remains critical to establish the diagnosis since MAS is a potentially life-threatening systemic inflammatory condition. Prompt recognition can lead to early initiation of treatment with corticosteroids and overall improved outcomes. Here, we present a case of a 14-year-old female with MAS as the initial manifestation of sJIA.
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spelling pubmed-94626002022-09-14 A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers Deskins, Seth J Crowder, Felistia Downey, Sydney Gelman, Jacob Brant, Richard Peppers, Brian Cureus Internal Medicine Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) as the initial presentation of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an uncommon and difficult diagnosis to ascertain. However, it remains critical to establish the diagnosis since MAS is a potentially life-threatening systemic inflammatory condition. Prompt recognition can lead to early initiation of treatment with corticosteroids and overall improved outcomes. Here, we present a case of a 14-year-old female with MAS as the initial manifestation of sJIA. Cureus 2022-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9462600/ /pubmed/36110465 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27846 Text en Copyright © 2022, Deskins et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Deskins, Seth J
Crowder, Felistia
Downey, Sydney
Gelman, Jacob
Brant, Richard
Peppers, Brian
A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers
title A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers
title_full A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers
title_fullStr A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers
title_full_unstemmed A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers
title_short A 14-Year-Old Female With Several-Week History of Rash, Worsening Diffuse Arthralgias, and Fevers
title_sort 14-year-old female with several-week history of rash, worsening diffuse arthralgias, and fevers
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9462600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110465
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27846
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