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Adult-onset Still’s disease (AoSD) is a rare systemic autoinflammatory disease characterized byarthritis, spiking fever,skin rashandelevatedferritinlevels. Thecauseofthis complexdisorder,whichusually affectsyoungadults, remains unknown.ALondon doctor named Bywaters first introduced the term AoSD in the medical literature in 1971 bydescribing this conditionin asmall groupof14patientswithanagerangeof17to 35 years. The reason behind the nomenclature of this disease is that AoSD shares certain symptoms with Still’s disease in children, which is currently named systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA).