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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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Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): Towards a Uniform Definition and Classification System
Erciyes Medical Journal, 2020 Despite the great advancements seen in medicine in recent years, fever of unknown origin (FUO) remains a serious diagnostic challenge. Regardless of the etiological elucidation in many cases of FUO and the progress seen in the management of these ...
Mile Bosilkovski +2 more
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Case Series of Prolonged Febrile Illness in Pediatric Age Group: A Diagnostic Challenge [PDF]
Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2023 Background: Fever is defined as a rectal temperature of 100.4oF or more. It is a physiologic response characterized by an elevation of body temperature above normal variation.
Noorul Aina +4 more
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Aortitis Secondary to Cogan’s Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Fever of unknown origin remains a diagnostic challenge. Aortitis, defined as inflammation of the aorta, has multiple infectious and non-infectious causes.
Maria Margarida Rosado +4 more
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Fever of unknown origin, with a twist [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 The authors present a case of an 81-year-old man with fever of unknown origin. The case report is illustrated with the images which clarified the diagnosis in this challenging case. The cardiac MR images were of critical importance in arriving at a diagnosis of aortic root mycotic pseudoaneurysm with rupture into the right ventricle.
Ronstan, Lobo +3 more
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An Interesting Clinical Situation of Pyrexia Unknown Origin
APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023 Fifty-eight-year-old man presented with pyrexia for 2½ months duration, posing challenge in identifying the cause. The history of presenting illness (symptoms) and repeated clinical examinations were not supportive of any diagnostic clue.
Basavanagowdappa Hathur +2 more
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Claustrum Involvement in New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus: A Systematic Review
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The claustrum sign is a distinctive neuroimaging finding characterized by bilateral T2/FLAIR hyperintensity of the claustrum, one of the most interconnected regions of the human brain. It was first described in new‐onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) and febrile infection–related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES).
Margherita Burani +5 more
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Diagnostic value of FDG-PET/CT in fever of unknown origin
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2022 Background Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a challenging clinical problem in medicine that needs collaboration of various diagnostic techniques to establish the accurate diagnosis.
Maha Omar Mohamed Elshalakani +3 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To determine whether discontinuing anti‐CD20 therapy in people with relapsing‐onset MS aged over 50 is associated with an increased risk of relapse, inflammatory activity, confirmed disability accrual, and serious infection compared with continuing therapy.
Alexia Moukhine +40 more
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From autoimmune hepatitis to Q fever
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2015 Q fever is an infectious disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Its clinical presentation is often nonspecific and the serological diagnosis difficult to make, especially in the absence of specific and suspected medical history.
Davide Tizzani +5 more
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