Vol.97 No.9 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 97 No.9 September 2004
Adult Onset Still's Disease with Severe Sore
Throat as a Presenting Symptom
Rie Horie
(Osaka Red Cross Hospital)
Tadahiko Matsunaga and Shinichi Sato
(Shimada Municipal Hospital)
We experienced a case of adult onset Still's disease in a 31-year-old man with a chief complaint of severe sore throat and fever. As we diagnosed him with an infectious disease at first, we gave antibiotics, but he did not recover. So, we suspected adult onset Still's disease after investigation, and the subsequent steroid therapy was effective. Adult onset Still's disease is a characterized rheumatic disorder of unknown origin, which affects multiple organs. We consider that severe sore throat is an important early symptom of adult onset Still's disease.
Key words : adult onset Still's disease, sore throat