Kula Serdar, Olguntürk Rana, Ozdemir Osman
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gazi University Medical School, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey.
Cardiol Young. 2005 Oct;15(5):514-6. doi: 10.1017/S1047951105001393.
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.
