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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and life‐threatening clinical syndrome, which may present with FUO. The possible diagnosis of HLH must be considered in the differential diagnosis when a patient presents with FUO.
Atousa Hakamifard +2 more
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Etiology and clinical characteristics of fever of unknown origin in children: a 15-year experience in a single center [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2017 PurposeFever is one of the most common symptoms in children. In previous studies, infectious disease was the most common cause of pediatric fever of unknown origin (FUO).
Yi-Seul Kim +4 more
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The Journal of Rheumatology, 2008 Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a challenging problem for the clinician despite recent advances in diagnostic tools and techniques. FUO is defined as temperature > 38.3°C on several occasions and lasting longer than 3 weeks, with a diagnosis that remains uncertain after 1 week of investigations in hospital1.
Kager, Liesbeth M. +2 more
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Recurrent fever of unknown origin: An overlooked symptom of Fabry disease
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2020 Objective Fabry disease (FD) is a rare X‐linked lysosomal storage disorder due to the absent or deficient activity of lysosomal hydrolase a‐galactosidase A (α‐Gal A), which leads to the accumulation of its substrates in various organs and tissues ...
Yi Luo, Di Wu, Min Shen
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1999 A 68-year-old man presented with a history of low-grade, continuous fever and malaise for 3 years. There was no associated history of cough, breathlessness, palpitations, headache, vomiting, joint pains, rash, urinary or bowel disturbances. The patient had been investigated on many occasions in the past for the fever.
S, Anuradha +3 more
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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 1998 Forty six patients of fever of unknown origin in Service Hospitals who met the standard criteria were studied between 1989 and 1997. Infectious diseases contributed 21 patients (45.65%) of which 13 (28.26%) were diagnosed to have tuberculosis. Eight patients each (17.39%) of malignancies and collagen vascular diseases were seen, solid tumours were ...
S K, Datta, M K, Mahapatra
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Clinical Medicine, 2015 More than 50 years after the first definition of fever of unknown origin (FUO), it still remains a diagnostic challenge. Evaluation starts with the identification of potential diagnostic clues (PDCs), which should guide further investigations. In the absence of PDCs a standardised diagnostic protocol should be followed with PET-CT as the imaging ...
Mulders-Manders, C. +2 more
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Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2009 Fever of unknown origin (FUO) often is defined as a fever greater than 38.3 degrees C on several occasions during at least 3 weeks with uncertain diagnosis after a number of obligatory tests. In general, infection accounts for approximately one-fourth of cases of FUO, followed by neoplasm and noninfectious inflammatory diseases. No diagnosis is reached
Bleeker-Rovers, C.P. +2 more
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Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2007 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.
Milabelle B. Lingan, Francis V. Roasa
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Familial Mediterranean fever presenting as fever of unknown origin in Korea [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016 Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common Mendelian autoinflammatory disease, characterized by uncontrolled activation of the innate immune system that manifests as recurrent brief fever and polyserositis (e.g., peritonitis, pleuritic, and ...
Jun Hee Lee +6 more
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