1.Non-Infectious Diseases Causing Fever of Unknown Origin.
Journal of the Korean Medical Association 1998;41(1):61-68
No abstract available.
Fever of Unknown Origin*
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Fever*
2.Fever of unknown origin in children: A five-year review
Ma. Fema A. Cabanalan-Rivera ; Ma. Liza M. Antoinette M. Gonzales
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines Journal 2017;18(1):36-44
Objective:
The clinical presentation, outcome, and risk factors for mortality in children with Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) were determined.
Methods:
Medical records of pediatric patients admitted for FUO from January 2009 to December 2013 were reviewed. Clinical manifestations, physical exam findings, diagnostic work-ups and final diagnosis were determined, as well as the relationship between final diagnosis and risk for mortality.
Results:
Fifty-seven patients with FUO were included. Weight loss, cough, colds, and rashes were common symptoms while pallor, lymphadenopathies, and hepatomegaly were common physical exam findings. All patients underwent Phase I evaluation for FUO, while 73.7% underwent further diagnostic tests. A specific etiology was established in 96.5% of cases: infectious, 43.9%, connective tissue disease, 38.6%, and hematologic/oncologic, 14%. Two cases remained to have no specific diagnosis. Majority of patients had a benign course and were discharged improved (84.2%). The mortality rate is 15.8% and was not associated with any disease category (p-value 0.204).
Conclusion
FUO in children occurs across all age groups. Its clinical presentations are varied and non-specific and common signs and symptoms are pallor, lymphadenopathies, weight loss, cough, colds. and joints pains. Infection is the most common cause of FUO in children, followed by connective tissue diseases and hematologic and oncologic diseases. The mortality rate from FUO is 15.8%.
Fever of Unknown Origin
3.Aortic dissection presenting as fever of unknown origin.
Su Nyoung CHOI ; Sung Ji PARK ; Tae Jung KWON ; Young Ran KANG ; So Ra PARK ; Chung Whan KWAK ; Jin Yong HWANG
Korean Journal of Medicine 2006;70(2):213-215
Aortic dissection most often presents with the severe chest pain and may have variable symptoms including fever. However, fever of unknown origin as the predominant manifestation of aortic dissection seems to be extremely rare. We report the case of a patient who sustained a prolonged spiking fever with unknown origin for 17 days following acute aortic dissection. The case serves as a reminder that prolonged fever may be the principal residual sequelae after aortic dissection.
Chest Pain
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Fever of Unknown Origin*
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Fever*
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Humans
4.A Case of Pyogenic Liver Abscess with Fever of Unknown origin.
Soo Baeck LEE ; Kwang Soo HWANG ; Kyung Sook CHO ; Doo Sung MOON
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1983;26(11):1145-1148
No abstract available.
Fever of Unknown Origin*
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Fever*
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Liver Abscess, Pyogenic*
5.Intravascular lymphoma of the inferior turbinate: An unusual rhinologic presentation of a rare neoplasm
Francis V Roasa ; Milabelle B Lingan
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2007;22(1-2):24-26
Objective: To present a unique case of intravascular lymphoma of the inferior turbinate because of its rarity, unusual clinical presentation and difficulty in establishing a diagnosis. Design: Case Report Setting: A tertiary hospital Patient: A 66-year-old male admitted to the hospital due to intermittent high grade fever of six months duration. Result: The patient presented with fever of unknown origin, and exhaustive laboratory, ancillary procedures and biopsies to rule in/out infectious, autoimmune and oncologic causes were performed to arrive at a diagnosis. Nasal endoscopy revealed an enlarged, hypertrophied and violaceous right inferior turbinate with watery to mucoid discharge and septal deviation to the right confirmed by CT scans of the paranasal sinuses. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), septoplasty and turbinoplasty with biopsy revealed intravascular lymphoma. Chemotherapy was deferred due to the deteriorating medical condition and the patient expired seven months after the initial onset of symptoms. Conclusion: Patients who present with fever of unknown origin should undergo a thorough otorhinolaryngologic examination to exclude primary ENT conditions and ensure proper management. Given its rarity and multiplicity of presentation, it is extremely difficult to make a diagnosis of intravascular lymphoma. A high index of suspicion of intravascular lymphoma is necessary so that timely acquisition of tissue biopsy of any lesion involved will make a definite diagnosis. (Author)
LYMPHOMA FEVER FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN CASE REPORTS
6.A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis Presented as Fever of Unknown Origin.
Ji Hyang KIM ; Suk Jin AHN ; Jin Seok KIM ; Hoon Suk CHA ; Jeong Ho HAN ; Eun Mi KOH ; Jae Hoon SONG
The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association 2000;7(1):62-66
Relapsing polychondritis is a rare autoimmune disease of unknown etiology with episodic but potentially progressive inflammatory manifestations. Auricular, articular and nasal manifestations are the most frequent disturbances. Fever is one of the manifestations of this disease but it rarely appears as an initial presentation. In this situation, the diagnosis is delayed until other manifestations are obvious. We report a case of relapsing polychondritis, which was presented as fever of unknown origin. Ten months after the onset of fever, auricular chondritis appeared and gave us the key to diagnosis.
Autoimmune Diseases
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Diagnosis
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Fever of Unknown Origin*
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Fever*
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Polychondritis, Relapsing*
7.Muscle tissue lymphoma presenting only with fever of unknown origin: a case report and literature review.
Xiaodong SHEN ; Xin CHEN ; Hongju XIAO ; Gang LIU ; Yongzhi ZHAI ; Baixuan XU ; Huaiyin SHI ; Tanshi LI ; Haiyan ZHU
Journal of Southern Medical University 2015;35(6):927-930
Extra-nodal malignant lymphoma is often characterized by a lack of typical symptoms and positive results of auxiliary examinations, which make diagnosis difficult. In some cases, fever can be the only clinical manifestation. For the lymphoma patients presenting with persistent fever with a duration over 3 weeks, characteristics of fever including time of fever attack, fever type and effects of drugs may have significant value in the diagnosis, especially in the early stage of the disease or in rare cases.
Fever of Unknown Origin
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Humans
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Lymphoma
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diagnosis
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Muscles
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pathology
8.A Case Report of Factitious Fever.
Baek Nam KIM ; Jae Myeung KANG ; In Gyu BAE ; Yang Soo KIM ; Jun Hee WOO ; Ji So RYU
Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases 2000;32(5):393-396
Factitious fever has been a rare cause of fever of unknown origin. We herein report a case of a young soldier, who presented with persistent fever of unusual pattern and bullae on both palms. After numerous investigations had excluded organic diseases, factitious fever was diagnosed with measurement of the freshly voided urine temperatures and body temperatures while directly observed. Biopsy of skin lesions revealed friction blister. Early recognition of this cause of fever is needed to avoid the unnecessary investigation and prolonged hospitalization.
Biopsy
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Blister
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Body Temperature
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Factitious Disorders
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Fever of Unknown Origin
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Fever*
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Friction
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Military Personnel
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Skin
9.A Case of Sj o gren Syndrome Presented with Fever of Unknown Origin.
Su Hee KIM ; Sung Oh PARK ; Hyuk KO ; Yang Soon PARK ; Kyoung Sook WON ; Hyun Kyu CHANG
The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association 2002;9(1):58-62
Sjogren's syndrome is a chronic,slowly progressive,autoimmune disease in which the exocrine glands are damaged by lymphocytic infiltration,resulting in xerostomia and xerophthalmia.Fever in patients with Sjogren's syndrome is rarely manifested with the exception of cases with complicated illness such as lymphoma.We experienced a 70-year-old male patient with Sjogren's syndrome who was presented with fever of unknown origin.Despite of thorough investigation,other diseases to cause fever could not be found.Fever and other clinical features were improved with empirical steroid therapy.
Aged
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Exocrine Glands
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Fever of Unknown Origin*
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Fever*
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Humans
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Male
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Sjogren's Syndrome
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Xerostomia
10.A Case of Inflammatory Pseudotumor in the Liver as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin.
Yeon A KIM ; Jung Eun LEE ; So Youn SHIN ; Jun Yong CHOI ; Yoon Seon PARK ; Yoon Soo PARK ; Chang Oh KIM ; Hee Jung YOON ; Young Goo SONG ; Beom Jin LIM ; Young Nyun PARK ; June Myung KIM
Infection and Chemotherapy 2005;37(4):230-233
Inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare benign tumor, which is histologically composed of stroma with connective tissue and mixed infiltration of lymphocytes, plasma cells, and histiocytes. We experienced a case of inflammatory pseudotumor in the liver diagnosed through the work up of fever of unknown origin (FUO). During the evaluation of FUO, well-encapsulated and hypervascular mass was found in the right lobe of the liver and we confirmed inflammatory pseudotumor through histological findings. This is the first report of pseudotumor in the liver as a cause of fever of unknown origin in Korea.
Connective Tissue
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Fever of Unknown Origin*
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Fever*
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Granuloma, Plasma Cell*
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Histiocytes
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Korea
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Liver*
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Lymphocytes
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Plasma Cells