Abstract

Macrophage activation syndrome is the most common cause of death in children with systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. We present a first patient with systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in which acute necrotizing encephalopathy developed as a complication of macrophage activation syndrome but not of Reye’s syndrome. The suspected mechanism of this lethal complication is discussed.

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