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01.11.2015 | Case Based Review
Hyperferritinemic syndrome: Still’s disease and catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome triggered by fulminant Chikungunya infection: a case report of two patients
verfasst von:
Juan-Felipe Betancur, Erika-Paola Navarro, Alex Echeverry, Pablo A. Moncada, Carlos A. Cañas, Gabriel J. Tobón
Erschienen in:
Clinical Rheumatology
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Ausgabe 11/2015
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Abstract
There are four medical conditions characterized by high levels of ferritin, the macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), adult onset Still’ s disease (AOSD), catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), and septic shock, that share similar clinical and laboratory features, suggesting a common pathogenic mechanism. This common syndrome entity is termed “the hyperferritinemic syndrome.” Here, we describe two different cases of hyperferritinemic syndrome triggered by Chikungunya fever virus infection: a 21-year-old female with SLE and a 32-year-old male patient who developed AOSD after the coinfection of dengue and Chikungunya viruses.