© 2002 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
CASE REPORT
Adult Still's disease and respiratory failure in a 74 year old woman
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
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Dr Leonard J Rossoff, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Room C-20, 27005 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, USA;
lrossoff{at}lij.edu
A case of adult onset Still's disease in an elderly woman, that was associated with severe respiratory failure and multiorgan dysfunction, is reported. Histopathology was confirmed on open lung biopsy.
Keywords: adult Still's disease; interstitial lung disease; respiratory failure
Abbreviations: NSAIDs; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
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