A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin
Pyrexia of unknown origin can be caused due to numerous infective and noninfective causes. It poses a diagnostic dilemma to the clinicians and requires a myriad of investigations for the confirmation of diagnosis. Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors that present as anterior mediastinal mass; howeve...
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2024-04-01
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| author | Vikas Marwah Robin Choudhary V Shrinath Gourang Paliwal |
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| description | Pyrexia of unknown origin can be caused due to numerous infective and noninfective causes. It poses a diagnostic dilemma to the clinicians and requires a myriad of investigations for the confirmation of diagnosis. Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors that present as anterior mediastinal mass; however, thymomas presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin has rarely been reported in the literature. We report an interesting case of a middle-aged male who presented as pyrexia of unknown origin due to thymoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3484f063157846c5b6dbc68be49f4dbb2025-02-07T14:00:07ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49290974-51302024-04-0167242242410.4103/ijpm.ijpm_686_21A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown originVikas MarwahRobin ChoudharyV ShrinathGourang PaliwalPyrexia of unknown origin can be caused due to numerous infective and noninfective causes. It poses a diagnostic dilemma to the clinicians and requires a myriad of investigations for the confirmation of diagnosis. Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors that present as anterior mediastinal mass; however, thymomas presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin has rarely been reported in the literature. We report an interesting case of a middle-aged male who presented as pyrexia of unknown origin due to thymoma.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_686_21hyperthyroidismpyrexia of unknown originthymoma |
| spellingShingle | Vikas Marwah Robin Choudhary V Shrinath Gourang Paliwal A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology hyperthyroidism pyrexia of unknown origin thymoma |
| title | A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin |
| title_full | A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin |
| title_fullStr | A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin |
| title_short | A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin |
| title_sort | case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin |
| topic | hyperthyroidism pyrexia of unknown origin thymoma |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_686_21 |
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