Fever of Unknown Origin
The Role of PET/CT in the Investigation of Fever of Unknown Origin
... of fever of unknown origin (FUO) was originally proposed in 1961 by Petersdorf and Beeson ...as fever of ...remains unknown after one week of hospital ...with fever to be termed ...
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Combined transcatheter managements of a huge spontaneous iliac pseudoaneurysm presenting with fever of unknown origin: a case report
... Case presentation: A 79-year-old Chinese man complained of repeated episodes of fever for 10 days. His medical history, physical examination and laboratory tests were not significant. Routine antibiotics were ...
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Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus Renal Abscess: A Rare Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin
... of fever of unknown ...of fever of unknown origin and of processing specimens for both aerobic and anaerobic ...cgi/content/full/107/1/e11; fever of unknown origin, ...
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Undifferentiated epithelioid sarcoma presenting as a fever of unknown origin: a case report
... Conclusion: This case revealed an atypical presentation of a rare soft tissue sarcoma as the cause of the illness. The etiology behind a fever of unknown origin can be difficult to elucidate, making ...
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Miliary Tuberculosis with Tubercular Uveitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case Report
... Before attending to our hospital, the girl was treated with multiple oral & parenteral antibiotics and also anti-malarial with adequate dose and duration and her condition remained static. On admission, she was very ...
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IL-6-Producing, Noncatecholamines Secreting Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
... Fever of unknown origin (FUO) can be an unusual first clinical manifestation of pheochromocytoma. Pheochromocytomas are tumors that may produce a variety of substances in addition to catecholamines. ...
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Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
... of fever of unknown origin (39 ◦ C for four weeks) associated with fatigue and night ...IgM. Fever resolved spontaneously, but treatment with doxycyline (200 mg/day PO) and rifampin (600 ...
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Childhood fever of unknown origin (FUO) – A Pandora box
... childhood fever of unknown origin ...enteric fever in initial two months of ...of fever, multiple joint pain, right eye pain where she underwent evaluation for ...developed ...
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Ulcerative Colitis Activity Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin, in a Patient with Longstanding Disease under Continuous Treatment with Mesalazine
... as fever of unknown origin (FUO), is ...with fever, with a history of UC under treatment with ...to fever lasting for 12 days with no associated ...since fever may present alone, ...
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Serum Levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Cytokine in Patients with Classic Fever of Unknown Origin, in Maiduguri, Nigeria
... Several undefined clinical syndromes are increasingly being observed in health care institutions that care for Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO). FUO is a condition defined in adult patient as the ...
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Diagnostic workup for fever of unknown origin: a multicenter collaborative retrospective study
... Among 99 hospitals af fi liated with the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine that were asked to partici- pate in this study, 17 hospitals participated. The hospi- tals participated in our study had a wide ...
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A retrospective analysis of 3 156 admissions with fever of unknown origin in a large Italian hospital
... of unknown origin (FUO) was defined for the first time in 1961, as a condition including the following symptoms contemporarily: 1) a fever lasting three weeks at least, 2) a temperature higher than ...
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Cat Scratch Disease in Two Children Presenting with Fever of Unknown Origin: Imaging Features and Association with a New Causative Agent, Rochalimaea henselae
... We recently have evaluated two pediatric patients presenting with fever of unknown origin, in whom imaging studies revealed the presence of multiple hepatic and splenic lesions.. One of [r] ...
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Comparison of classical diagnostic criteria and Chinese revised diagnostic criteria for fever of unknown origin in Chinese patients
... of unknown origin (FUO) has always been a challenging problem for physicians since it was first reported half a century ...with fever higher than ...
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Etiological profile of fever of unknown origin in children between 1 month to 12 years admitted in an urban referral centre
... on fever of unknown origin (FUO) and established criteria that have effectively delineated this entity:(1) an illness of at least 3 weeks duration, (2) with fever (temperature ...19%, ...
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oa Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences - Brucellosis among patients with fever of unknown origin in Jimma University Hospital, south western Ethiopia
... A s ystematic s ampling method was employed to select 56 patients who came to Jimma hospital and diagnosed with fever of unknown origin during the study period. An interviewer a dministered ...
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Secondary malignant giant cell tumor of bone due to malignant transformation 40 years after surgery without radiation therapy, presenting as fever of unknown origin: a case report
... Giant cell tumors of bones (GCTBs) are generally benign, but there are rare cases showing malignant transformation during long-term follow-up. Malignant GCTBs are classi- fied into two types: primary and secondary ...
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Review Article A Clinical Approach to a Case of Fever of Unknown Origin
... of unknown origin (FUO) is an intellectual and diagnostic ...facilities Fever of unknown origin was first described by Petersdorf and Beeson 1 in 1961, when study was conducted in 100 ...
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Fever of Unknown Origin: the Value of FDG-PET/CT.
... of unknown origin (FUO) refers to a prolonged febrile illness without an established etiology despite intensive evaluation and diagnostic ...with fever higher than ...
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Fever of unknown origin following parathyroidectomy prior to onset of typical polymyalgia rheumatica symptoms: a case report
... low-grade fever, fatigue, and appetite loss, which we often experience in the field of general medicine, and thus, the condition should not be given low ...a fever of unknown origin that ...
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