Mediastinal Tuberculous Lymphadenitis with Periodic Fever
Mediastinal Tuberculous Lymphadenitis with Periodic Fever
- 주제(키워드) Tuberculous lymphadenitis , Fever of unknown origin , Periodic fever
- 발행기관 대한감염학회
- 발행년도 2009
- 총서유형 Journal
- UCI G704-000877.2009.41.3.011
- KCI ID ART001354469
- 본문언어 영어
초록/요약
A 60-year-old man undergoing maintenance hemodialysis presented with periodic fever, which resembled Pel-Ebstein fever of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Despite scores of diagnostic evaluations, origin of the fever remained obscure. On positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan, focal hot uptakes were seen in the mediastinum and mediastinoscopic biopsy showed many acid-fast bacilli with chronic granulomatous inflammation and necrosis. After a week of anti-tuberculosis medication, the patient remained afebrile without recourse to antipyretics.
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