title: Case 36: a difficult diagnosis in a patient with fever and progressive multi-organ failure.
abstract: A man in late middle age presented with fever, systemic symptoms, raised inflammatory markers and anaemia of chronic disease. Despite two months of investigation, the diagnosis of a haematological malignancy was made only at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ian H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Negus
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia; D005334:Fever; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*