Series of Patients with Adult-Onset Still s Disease Diagnosed at the Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan

Objectives: this study aims at presenting a series of 11 patients diagnosed as an adult-onset still s disease (aosd). materials and methods: clinical and laboratory findings were as follows: fever ( 100% ), arthralgia (81.8%), rash (100%), sore throat (90.9%), arthritis (36.4%), myalgia (54.5%), splenomegaly (36.4%), hepatomegaly (54.5%), lymphadenopathy (54.5%), anaemia (45.4%), neutrophilic leukocytosis (63.6%), increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (100%). results: these clinical and laboratory features of aosd in present series are more or less similar to that in other reported series. conclusion: half of the cases showed recurrences, but were completely controlled by either adding steroids or a combination of steroids and methotrexate to nsaids. a comparison with a saudi arabian and other series is given.