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Two unusual presentations of acute rheumatic fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2005

Serdar Kula ,
Rana Olguntürk  and
Osman Özdemir
Serdar Kula
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gazi University Medical School, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey
Rana Olguntürk
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gazi University Medical School, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey
Osman Özdemir
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gazi University Medical School, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

Patients with acute rheumatic fever sometimes present with atypical signs and symptoms. In these circumstances, the Jones criterions may not be sufficient to make a clinical diagnosis. We describe here two patients with unusual presentations, highlighting that, both in regions where the disease is endemic, or where it is seen only sporadically, physicians should be more alert and careful in making the diagnosis.

Keywords

Acute rheumatismabdominal painheart block
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 514 - 516
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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