A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Inflammatory bowel disease is a very rare cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). We present here a rare case of ulcerative colitis (UC) without diarrhea accompanied by the FUO. There were many ulcers covered with white exudate that was seen in the rectum to proximal part of the ascending colon. Th...
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| author | Ayse Unal Esiyok Irfan Yavasoglu Gokhan Sargin Gurhan Kadikoylu Adil Coskun Ibrahim Meteoglu Zahit Bolaman |
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| description | Inflammatory bowel disease is a very rare cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). We present here a rare case of ulcerative colitis (UC) without diarrhea accompanied by the FUO.
There were many ulcers covered with white exudate that was seen in the rectum to proximal part of the ascending colon. The pathological examination of colon biopsy material revealed UC. Medical therapy was started with mesalazine 2 g/day and prednisolone 40 mg/day. The body temperature of the patient decreased to normal levels after the second weeks of therapy.
Our case was presented to emphasize that UC may be seen without classical symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal pain as a rare cause of FUO. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-85d3906a0ee949cc8f1d3bf5c574ce382025-08-20T02:08:32ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITISAyse Unal Esiyok0Irfan Yavasoglu1Gokhan Sargin2Gurhan Kadikoylu3Adil Coskun4Ibrahim Meteoglu5Zahit Bolaman6Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical MicrobiologyAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Division of HematologyAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Division of HematologyAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Division of HematologyAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Division of GastroenterologyAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Division of PathologyAdnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Division of HematologyInflammatory bowel disease is a very rare cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). We present here a rare case of ulcerative colitis (UC) without diarrhea accompanied by the FUO. There were many ulcers covered with white exudate that was seen in the rectum to proximal part of the ascending colon. The pathological examination of colon biopsy material revealed UC. Medical therapy was started with mesalazine 2 g/day and prednisolone 40 mg/day. The body temperature of the patient decreased to normal levels after the second weeks of therapy. Our case was presented to emphasize that UC may be seen without classical symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal pain as a rare cause of FUO.https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1846fever of unknown originulcerative colitis |
| spellingShingle | Ayse Unal Esiyok Irfan Yavasoglu Gokhan Sargin Gurhan Kadikoylu Adil Coskun Ibrahim Meteoglu Zahit Bolaman A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases fever of unknown origin ulcerative colitis |
| title | A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| title_full | A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| title_fullStr | A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| title_full_unstemmed | A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| title_short | A RARE ETIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN:ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| title_sort | rare etiology of fever of unknown origin ulcerative colitis |
| topic | fever of unknown origin ulcerative colitis |
| url | https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1846 |
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