<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>186</id><JournalTitle>TREATMENT MACROPHAGE-ACTIVATION SYNDROME WITH MINI PULSE CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY: A CASE REPORT</JournalTitle><Abstract>Adult onset still's disease (AODS) is a rare disease (incidence; 0,16 per a hundred thousand) the etiology of which
is unknown. It is a systemic inflammatory connective tissue disease which has the same clinic and laboratory features as
Juvenile Chronic Arthritis (JCA) in the children above 16. Macrophage-activation Syndrome (MAS) is seen approximately in
the 10 % of the patients with Still disease. Being the classial findings of the disease, typical fever over 39, rash and articular
involvement affect many organs. Different treatment protocols are applied for the treatment of MAS and the response to the
treatment may differ. Despite the treatment, the rate of mortality is around 50 %. We present a case with AODS
accompanying with MAS who was treated successfully with mini-pulse steroid and methotrexate therapy. We considered the
clinical and laboratory findings enough for our case and we were not in favour of performing bone marrow aspiration which
is an invasive method.</Abstract><Email>rectek21@hotmail.com</Email><articletype>casereport</articletype><volume>5</volume><issue>2</issue><year>2015</year><keyword>AODS,Methotrexate,Etilogy,Steroid</keyword><AUTHORS> Mehmet Ã‡aÄŸlayan,Recep Tekin,Pelin OktayoÄŸlu,Mehtap Bozkurt,Mehmet YÄ±ldÄ±z</AUTHORS><afflication>Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.,Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.</afflication></Article></Articles>