Misleading Radiological Appearances for Fever of Unknown Origin: Beyond Terminal Ileitis

Emecen, Ahmet Naci; IŞIK, Burcu; Aslan, Ahmet; ARSLAN, Ferhat; Vahaboğlu, Haluk

doi:10.4274/mjima.2018.5

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“…Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) was defined by Petersdorf and Beeson as a temperature above 38.30C on several occasions over >3 weeks; for which, no diagnosis must have been reached despite 1 week of inpatient investigation [4,5]. They observed that FUOs were caused by an infection in 36% of cases, malignancy in 19%, and collagen vascular disease in 19%, and miscellaneous causes in 19%.…”

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Misdiagnosis of Post-traumatic Osteomyelitis: A Case Report

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Razavipour

Sadeghian

et al. 2021

J. Res. Orthop. Sci.

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Chronic osteomyelitis is a severe and persistent condition that engages bone and bone marrow. The infection can be limited to the bone, or it can propagate to the bone marrow, the periosteum, and the surrounding soft tissues. It represents a major financial every health system and impacts the quality of life of the affected patients. Diagnosing chronic osteomyelitis remains difficult. Accordingly, laboratory and imaging studies are necessary in this respect. A 49-year-old man after high energy trauma underwent debridmant and fixation. After 3 years’ patient admitted in infection ward with fever presentation. The clinical examination didn't reveal any sign of localization of fever. Chronic osteomyelitis is not always associated with fever in this situation Other diagnoses should be considered after role out other disease osteomyelitis

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