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We present a case which is atypical presentation of Felty's syndrome without arthritis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We present a case of 31-year-old man who presented with fever and skin infection, found to have neutropenia. The work up showed splenomegaly and other evidences support Felty's syndrome diagnosis without arthritis presentation.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Patients with unexplained, continuous neutropenia without arthristis but with high level of rheumatoid factor and positive antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides should be suspected of developing Felty's syndrome as an initial presentation of rheumatoid arthtitis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1757-1626-2-206","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,19]],"date-time":"2009-11-19T00:07:58Z","timestamp":1258589278000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Felty's Syndrome as an initial presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Disaya","family":"Chavalitdhamrong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Molovic-Kokovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrey","family":"Iliev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,18]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"1191_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"631","DOI":"10.1016\/j.berh.2004.05.002","volume":"18","author":"GP Balint","year":"2004","unstructured":"Balint GP, Balint PV: Felty's syndrome. 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