1/4. An unusual case of pyrexia of unknown origin with cervical lymphadenopathy.Kikuchi's disease is usually a self limiting illness characterised by pyrexia, neutropenia, and cervical lymphadenopathy particularly in young women of Asian descent. This often leads to an initial misdiagnosis of lymphoma. A case of a young Asian woman who presented with pyrexia of unknown origin is described.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pyrexia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/4. Pyrexia of unknown origin with neutropenia, cervical lymphadenopathy, pneumonia and marrow hypoplasia.A 56 years adult male presented with fever for 3 weeks with neutropenia and cervical lymphadenopathy with left sided pneumonitis. Histopathology of lymphnode was consistent with Kikuchi's Necrotizing lymphadenitis. Kikuchi's disease is usually a self- limiting illness characterized by pyrexia, neutropenia and cervical lymphadenopathy in young women of Asian decent. This often leads to the misdiagnosis of lymphoma or tuberculosis. The notable feature here is an older male presented with severe neutropenia and pneumonia with hypoplastic marrow.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.16666666666667keywords = pyrexia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/4. Necrotizing granulomatous splenitis complicating leukemia in childhood.Two children are described with acute leukemia in remission who both developed a swinging pyrexia and pathologically identical splenic necrotizing granulomata. No organisms were seen in, or isolated from, either spleen. After splenectomy, systemic symptoms persisted and did not resolve until steroids were given. The etiology of this syndrome remains unknown.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.16666666666667keywords = pyrexia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/4. Hepatic candidiasis: persistent pyrexia in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia after recovery from consolidation therapy-induced neutropenia.fever, a frequent manifestation in acute leukaemia patients who develop treatment-induced neutropenia, usually resolves when the neutrophil count returns to normal irrespective of whether an infective agent is isolated or not. A persistent pyrexia following neutrophil recovery and associated with multiple negative microbiological cultures should signal a careful search for a deep-seated fungal infection in any leukaemic patient who is complete remission. We report here a 39-year-old Chinese man with acute myeloid leukaemia in first complete remission whose unresolved fever after recovery from consolidation therapy-induced neutropenia was ultimately confirmed to be caused by focal hepatic candidal microabscesses by an open liver biopsy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pyrexia (Clic here for more details about this article) |