Soft tissue hematoma as a cause of fever in the adult.
Hematoma as an isolated cause of temperature elevation in adult patients is rarely reported. We describe a patient with a large hematoma involving his right leg that caused significant pyrexia. The computerized axial tomography findings are discussed, as well as the possible mechanisms responsible for the temperature elevation.
Chmel
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Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, USF College of Medicine, Tampa 33612.
Palmer
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JA
Eikman
E A
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D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed