Thyroid Scintigraphy in Fever of Unknown Origin

被引:1
作者
Mohanty, Rashmi Ranjan [1 ]
Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal [2 ]
Meher, Bikash Ranjan [3 ]
机构
[1] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Gen Med, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
[2] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Nucl Med, Bhubaneswar 751019, Odisha, India
[3] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Pharmacol, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
来源
INDIAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE | 2019年 / 34卷 / 04期
关键词
Fever; fever of unknown origin; pyrexia of unknown origin; scintigraphy; thyroid scan; thyroiditis; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS;
D O I
10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_111_19
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Thyroiditis is a very rare cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). Thyroiditis presenting as only fever and weight loss is very rare. We present a case of FUO, which was later on confirmed as thyroiditis on thyroid scintigraphy.
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页码:307 / 308
页数:2
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