Primary bone lymphoma presenting as fever of unknown origin

We presented a case of primary bone lymphoma (PBL) which demonstrated fever of unknown origin. Although the diagnosis of PBL is difficult, up to 11% of patients with fever of unknown origin were later diagnosed with PBL, which suggests that there may be many cases of misdiagnosis. This case study em...

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Autores principales: Otsuka, Yuki, Nakano, Yasuhiro, Omura, Daisuke, Hasegawa, Kou, Otsuka, Fumio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9249926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35800636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.529
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Sumario:We presented a case of primary bone lymphoma (PBL) which demonstrated fever of unknown origin. Although the diagnosis of PBL is difficult, up to 11% of patients with fever of unknown origin were later diagnosed with PBL, which suggests that there may be many cases of misdiagnosis. This case study emphasizes the importance of careful diagnosis for fever of unknown origin especially when the patient has bone pain.[Image: see text]

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