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Fever Medicine Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages (February 2013)

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1 Fever Medicine Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 70-76 (February 2013)
Tom E. Fletcher, Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers, Nick J. Beeching  Medicine  Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages (February 2013) DOI: /j.mpmed Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Diagnostic algorithm in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin. Medicine  , 70-76DOI: ( /j.mpmed ) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 FDG-PET in a 61-year-old patient with pyrexia of unknown origin. This 61-year-old woman had episodes of fever lasting from 7 to 40 days from age 8 years. Except for fatigue, anorexia and weight loss during a fever episode, she had no complaints. An extensive diagnostic work-up in two different hospitals had not resulted in a diagnosis. The fever subsided spontaneously, but appeared to resolve faster with antibiotic treatment. PET, performed during a fever episode, showed abnormal FDG-uptake in the sigmoid (a coronal slice, b sagittal slice). Abdominal CT (which had shown normal results during an earlier asymptomatic phase) was performed the next day and demonstrated diverticulitis. FDG-PET, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; CT, computerized tomography. Medicine  , 70-76DOI: ( /j.mpmed ) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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