Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report

An 86-year-old woman who was hospitalized due to cerebral hemorrhage developed an intermittent fever of up to 39.3°C. A computed tomography angiography of the chest with venous runoff to the legs showed pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the legs. Intravenous heparin rapidly r...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Hisashi, Hanya, Misaki, Ishino, Hidetaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37664399
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42850
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description An 86-year-old woman who was hospitalized due to cerebral hemorrhage developed an intermittent fever of up to 39.3°C. A computed tomography angiography of the chest with venous runoff to the legs showed pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the legs. Intravenous heparin rapidly reduced the fever, indicating that these thrombi were the primary cause of her fever. During her course, white blood cell count and serum C-reactive protein levels were always within normal limits. This case suggested that latent PE and DVT can be a cause of intermittent fever with normal inflammatory markers.
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spelling pubmed-104732332023-09-02 Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report Takahashi, Hisashi Hanya, Misaki Ishino, Hidetaka Cureus Internal Medicine An 86-year-old woman who was hospitalized due to cerebral hemorrhage developed an intermittent fever of up to 39.3°C. A computed tomography angiography of the chest with venous runoff to the legs showed pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the legs. Intravenous heparin rapidly reduced the fever, indicating that these thrombi were the primary cause of her fever. During her course, white blood cell count and serum C-reactive protein levels were always within normal limits. This case suggested that latent PE and DVT can be a cause of intermittent fever with normal inflammatory markers. Cureus 2023-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10473233/ /pubmed/37664399 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42850 Text en Copyright © 2023, Takahashi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Takahashi, Hisashi
Hanya, Misaki
Ishino, Hidetaka
Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report
title Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report
title_full Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report
title_short Fever of Unknown Origin With Normal Inflammatory Markers Due to Latent Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report
title_sort fever of unknown origin with normal inflammatory markers due to latent pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37664399
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42850
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