A woman with adult‐onset Still's disease and acute intestinal pseudo‐obstruction

Abstract

Abstract Adult‐onset Still's disease may cause intestinal pseudo‐obstruction via a cytokine storm. Early diagnosis and treatment are the key for patient survival before the development of serious complications such as macrophage activation syndrome.

Keywords

• acute intestinal pseudo‐obstruction
• adult‐onset Still's disease
• fever of unknown origin
• hypercytokinemia
• macrophage activation syndrome