scholarly journals Brucellosis - diagnostic dilemma: Case report

2002 ◽  
Vol 130 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
Biljana Bojic ◽  
Milica Vujosevic ◽  
Svetlana Nikolic ◽  
Olga Dulovic ◽  
Jelica Grebenarevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Fever Of Unknown Origin ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Symptomatic Therapy ◽  
Diagnostic Dilemma ◽  
General Medical Practice

The authors present a case of a 20-year old student from Belgrade, who was admitted to the Institute of Infectious Diseases with fever, muscle and spine pains, strong headacke and malice. During the clinical examination bilateral sacroileitis was found. Serological analyses confirmed brucellosis. Epidemiological data showed that she lived in Kosovo and Metohia in 1997, where she consumed diary products from domestic animals this might be the reason of the acquired infection. With appropriate antibiotic therapy (aminoglycoside, doxicyclin, rifampicin), symptomatic therapy and rehabilitation the disease had favorable outcome; there was no recidive. The authors point out the importance of specific microbiological examinations of patients with fever of unknown origin, especially if the patient has the symptoms that are compatible with brucellosis. In our case it was sacroileitis, as a characteristic complication. As brucellosis is endemic in some parts of our country, there is always a possibility of brucellosis in general medical practice.

Fever of unknown origin. Ways and principles of diagnostic search in general medical practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
L.M. Pasiyeshvili ◽  
◽  
N.M. Zhelezniakova ◽  
T.M. Pasiieshvili ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Fever Of Unknown Origin ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Biological Mechanisms ◽  
General Medical Practice ◽  
Etiological Factors ◽  
Mechanisms Of Formation

The article describes the concept of fever of unknown origin. Issues of etiological factors, biological mechanisms of formation are considered, classifications and variants of the course are given. The nosological forms in which there is a fever are given. Diseases with fever and lesions of the skin and lymph nodes were identified. The stages of diagnostic search are presented

scholarly journals Intravascular Large B Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin and Diagnosed by Random Skin Biopsies: A Case Report and Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 482-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horacio di Fonzo ◽  
Damian Contardo ◽  
Diego Carrozza ◽  
Paola Finocchietto ◽  
Adriana Rojano Crisson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Fever Of Unknown Origin ◽  
Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Large B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Skin Biopsies ◽  
Large B Cell

scholarly journals A Primary Cardiac Osteosarcoma: Case Report and Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Xue Zou ◽  
Wen-Li Chang ◽  
Heng-Xing Gao
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Left Ventricle ◽  
Fever Of Unknown Origin ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Surgical Excision ◽  
Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
High Grade Osteosarcoma ◽  
The Masses

Abstract Background: Primary cardiac osteosarcoma is an uncommon condition, which is challenging to diagnose, and rarely reported.Case presentation: Here, we present a previously healthy 27-year-old patient referred to our hospital with a long-term fever. Echocardiography and thoracic computed tomography (CT) presented two masses in the left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV), and surgical excision of the masses revealed cardiac high-grade osteosarcoma. Unfortunately, the left ventricular tumor recurred three months later, and the patient was administered periodic chemotherapy. Then, chest CT showed that the left ventricle was almost occupied by the tumor and also involved the left ventricular outflow tract, the left atrial appendage mass increased significantly, and multiple metastatic small nodules appeared in both lungs.The patient is still in follow-up.Conclusions: The prevalence of primary cardiac osteosarcoma is very low and did not involve LA and LV simultaneously. This patient was hospitalized in our hospital complaining of a long-term fever of unknown origin, which has never been reported in the previous literatures. Our case report findings suggest that primary cardiac osteosarcoma should not be ignored in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin.

scholarly journals Visceral Leishmaniasis in A Patient Presenting with Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case Report From a Low-endemic Region of Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 210-212
Author(s):  
Muhammed B. Jaiteh ◽  
Nursel Çalık Başaran ◽  
Lale Özışık ◽  
Orkun Akman ◽  
Nasib Hasanlı ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽  
Fever Of Unknown Origin ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Endemic Region
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