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Mehta MV, Manson DK, Horn EM, et al. An atypical presentation of adult-onset Still's disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and macrophage activation syndrome treated with immunosuppression: a case-based review of the literature. Pulm Circ. 2016;6(1):136-42doi: 10.1086/685112.
Mehta, M. V., Manson, D. K., Horn, E. M., & Haythe, J. (2016). An atypical presentation of adult-onset Still's disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and macrophage activation syndrome treated with immunosuppression: a case-based review of the literature. Pulmonary circulation, 6(1), 136-42. https://doi.org/10.1086/685112
Mehta, Mili V, et al. "An atypical presentation of adult-onset Still's disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and macrophage activation syndrome treated with immunosuppression: a case-based review of the literature." Pulmonary circulation vol. 6,1 (2016): 136-42. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/685112
Mehta MV, Manson DK, Horn EM, Haythe J. An atypical presentation of adult-onset Still's disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and macrophage activation syndrome treated with immunosuppression: a case-based review of the literature. Pulm Circ. 2016 Mar;6(1):136-42. doi: 10.1086/685112. PMID: 27162622; PMCID: PMC4860549.
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Pulm Circ. 2016 Mar;6(1):136-42. doi: 10.1086/685112.

An atypical presentation of adult-onset Still's disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and macrophage activation syndrome treated with immunosuppression: a case-based review of the literature.

Pulmonary circulation

Mili V Mehta, Daniel K Manson, Evelyn M Horn, Jennifer Haythe

Affiliations

  1. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
  2. Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
  3. Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

PMID: 27162622 PMCID: PMC4860549 DOI: 10.1086/685112

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a known complication of rheumatologic diseases, but it is only rarely associated with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). We describe the case of a 30-year-old woman who presented in a pulmonary hypertension crisis and was found to have underlying AOSD with PAH and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) with a course complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). She dramatically improved with steroids, cyclosporine A, and anakinra, with total resolution of the MAS and significant improvement of her pulmonary arterial pressures. While there are only select case reports of AOSD associated with PAH, this is the first reported case of (1) AOSD complicated by both PAH and MAS and (2) AOSD complicated by biopsy-proven NSIP. Clinically, this case highlights the efficacy of immunosuppressive agents in the treatment of PAH and MAS from underlying AOSD and supports their use in this setting.

Keywords: anakinra; pulmonary arterial hypertension; secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

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