Adult onset Still's disease associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection in a 66-year-old woman

Scand J Rheumatol. 1998;27(6):458-60. doi: 10.1080/030097498442307.

Abstract

Adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a distinct clinical entity which affects predominantly young adults aged 16-35 years. Onset in elderly individuals is exceptional. Several reports have suggested a viral trigger in the pathogenesis of this disease. We describe a 66-year-old woman who fulfilled the proposed diagnostic criteria of AOSD and suffered concurrently from acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / analysis
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthralgia / complications
  • Blood Sedimentation
  • Female
  • Ferritins / blood
  • Fever / complications
  • Herpesviridae Infections / complications*
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Ibuprofen / therapeutic use
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Rheumatoid Factor / analysis
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / complications
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / drug therapy
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / virology*
  • Tumor Virus Infections / complications*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Ferritins
  • Rheumatoid Factor
  • Ibuprofen
  • Methotrexate