Neutrophilic Pleocytosis in Cerebrospinal Fluid: Adult-onset Still's Disease

Fehmi TABAK; Melike TANVERDI; Resat OZARAS; All MERT; Zeynep TARTAN; Recep OZTURK; Yildirim AKTUGLU

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1039

Fehmi TABAK, Melike TANVERDI, Resat OZARAS, All MERT, Zeynep TARTAN, Recep OZTURK, Yildirim AKTUGLU

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Fehmi TABAK
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul
Melike TANVERDI
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul
Resat OZARAS
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul
All MERT
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul
Zeynep TARTAN
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul
Recep OZTURK
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul
Yildirim AKTUGLU
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul

Keywords: adult-onset Still's disease, aseptic meningitis, neutrophilic pleocytosis

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2003 Volume 42 Issue 10 Pages 1039-1041

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1039

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Abstract

We describe a unique patient whose clinical and laboratory findings fulfill diagnostic criteria of adult onset Still's disease and at the same time, this case was complicated by aseptic meningitis with neutrophilic pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid, as well as sensorineural hearing loss. The symptoms of the patient improved greatly with prednisolone therapy. Some studies in the literature suggest that this disease may lead to aseptic meningitis with neutrophilic pleocytosis.
(Internal Medicine 42: 1039-1041, 2003)

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