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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
CASE REPORT
Adult-onset Still’s disease with haemorrhagic pericarditis and tamponade preceded by acute Lyme disease
  1. Anthony J Ocon1,
  2. Alysia V Kwiatkowski2,
  3. Ruben Peredo-Wende3,
  4. Richard Blinkhorn4
  1. 1Internal Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
  2. 2Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  3. 3Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
  4. 4Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Anthony J Ocon, ocona{at}amc.edu

Summary

A 61-year-old Caucasian man presented with a fever of unknown origin, a transient erythematous rash on his right upper extremity and chest pressure after being treated for erythema migrans (Lyme disease). Echocardiogram demonstrated a large pericardial effusion with tamponade. He underwent pericardiostomy with tube placement. Workup for infectious and malignant etiologies was negative. Histology of the pericardium showed acute on chronic fibrinous haemorrhagic pericarditis. The patient met criteria for adult-onset Still’s disease. Symptoms resolved following treatment with methylprednisolone and anakinra. We believe this is the first case of adult-onset Still’s disease precipitated by acute Lyme disease.

  • rheumatology
  • biological agents
  • infectious diseases

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225517

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    • Contributors All authors contributed to management of the case, manuscript planning, manuscript conception, manuscript writing and manuscript editing. All authors state no conflicts of interest.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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