FUO due to sarcoidosis-lymphoma syndrome.
This is a patient who presented as a fever of unknown origin (FUO) due to sarcoidosis-lymphoma syndrome. In favor of sarcoidosis was an elevated angiotensin-converting enzyme level, hypercalciuria, and bilateral hilar adenopathy on chest x-ray and chest CT. CT-guided biopsy of a hilar node revealed B-cell lymphoma. The differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis versus lymphoma and sarcoidosis-lymphoma syndrome as a cause of fever of unknown origin is discussed in this article.
de León
Deogenes G
DG
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
Shifteh
Shiva
S
Cunha
Burke A
BA
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome
D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A