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A 36-year-old female with a high-grade fever and epigastric abdominal pain was prescribed antibiotics, but developed hypoxia and dyspnea. An echocardiography revealed diffuse hypokinesis and massive pericardial effusion, after which diagnostic cardiac catheterization and an endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) were peformed to reveal fibrosis and infiltration of inflammation cells composed primarily of neutrophils. Clinical manifestation of a spiking fever, leukocytosis, elevated ferritin levels, skin rash and EMB findings led to a diagnosis of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) with acute myocarditis. Pulse therapy of intravenous methylprednisolone was performed for three days, followed by a daily dose of prednisone (60 mg). After a course of steroid therapy for fever and pericardial effusion, and conducting a left ventricular ejection fraction, the patient showed improvement and was discharged asymptomatic within 32 days of admission. This study is the first to report on a case of myocarditis in AOSD diagnosed by neutrophil infiltration in the myocardium.
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PMID:Endomyocardial Biopsy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Myocarditis with Adult-Onset Still's Disease. 2546 48

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rarely reported complication of Kawasaki disease (KD). It must be sought during KD with unusual clinical signs, such as enlargement of the liver or spleen, cytopenia (including thrombocytopenia), and elevated serum triglycerides. Here, we report four cases from a single center. The first is the description of a case of KD occurring in an 11-month-old child 15 days after the occurrence of infectious spondylitis. For the second, acute myocarditis heralded KD in a 5-year-old child. A 15-year-old boy had multiorgan failure with shock. The last case describes an infant with atypical KD. All had hepatosplenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and increased serum ferritin. For all of them, hemophagocytosis was present on the bone marrow smears. The condition rapidly evolved favorably with intravenous immunoglobulins or steroids. The extensive microbiological work-up was unrevealing. None had any coronary sequelae after the episode. KD should be added to the list of inflammatory conditions that may be complicated by MAS that modifies the presentation mimicking toxic shock or infection-associated activation syndrome and makes the diagnosis difficult. This association does not appear to have a prognostic impact on the course of the disease in the literature, confirmed by the analysis of this small series.
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PMID:[Macrophage activation syndrome and Kawasaki disease: Four new cases]. 2858 81