Adult Still's disease: An unusual case with atypical skin and histopathological findings

Abstract

Adult Still's disease is a rare, acute systemic inflammatory disease characterized by a sudden rising fever, arthralgia/arthritis, neutrophilic leukocytosis and a typical salmon-colored macular or maculopapular rash associated elevated fever. Recently, atypical skin lesions with broad spectrum clinical features and distinctive histopathological findings have been reported in a rare case with active disease. Herein, we report an unusual case of Adult Still disease was presented and the characteristic features of atypical disease were highlighted.