The adult onset Still’s Disease is an uncommon entity characterized by multiple clinical manifestations. Pneumonitis, less often considered, deserves particular emphasis given the need for differential diagnosis and because it can progress to severe respiratory failure. With the aim to highlight the pulmonary parenchyma involvement in patients with adult onset Still’s Disease, we present a case report which progresses with pneumonitis.
Adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare rheumatic condition. It is characterized by diverse clinical and laboratory findings which may lead to errors in the differential diagnosis. Adult Still's disease is a diagnosis of exclusion. We describe herein a patient with Adult Still's disease, who presented with fever, rash and arthralgias. JMS 2012;15(2):175-78