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A 52 year old patient with immunosuppressive therapy for ANCA-negative vasculitis presented with fever and paraparesis of the legs, laboratory findings displayed high inflammatory markers. The differential diagnosis comprised acute infection, an exacerbation of vasculitis or a drug reaction. Despite meticulous diagnostics, including FDG-PET, no definitive cause for the symptoms could be uncovered. Empirical antibiotic treatment in combination with high doses of glucocorticosteroids lead to prompt resolution of fever and inflammatory laboratory markers.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; UNKNOWN ORIGIN; VASCULITIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; Fever of unknown origin; Paresis; Infection; Vasculitis; FDG-PET |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2020 13:00 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2020 13:00 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/28877 |
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