[Still disease in subSaharan Africa: report of four cases in Gabon]

Sante. 2011 Apr-Jun;21(2):97-101. doi: 10.1684/san.2011.0241.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Still disease is an inflammatory rheumatism occurring predominantly in children and adolescents, but which is sometimes diagnosed in adults. A combination of fever, arthralgia, transient dermatological lesions, hyperleucocytosis predominantly neutrophilic, and ferritinaemia greater than 1,000 μg/L is suggestive of this disease, but infectious, haematological, immunological, and tumor diseases must first be ruled out. Accordingly, patients' financial limitations keep this disease from being diagnosed often in sub-Saharan Africa. We report four cases of Still disease with favourable outcome after corticosteroid therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / drug therapy*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Gabon
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / diagnosis*
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / drug therapy*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones