title: Neurogenic fever in a patient with a chordoid glioma.
abstract: Chordoid gliomas are rare tumours. Despite being considered low-grade neoplasms, recent reviews have reported generally poor prognosis due to complications involving severe hypothalamic symptoms. We report a patient aged 30 years with chordoid glioma. What makes this case report interesting is the presence of neurogenic fever, which was already present before the final diagnosis of the brain tumour and also several months after the surgical removal. Since the patient underwent a subtotal resection of the tumour, it remains unclear whether the fever was due to hypothalamic dysfunction or remnants of the tumour. We also performed temperature logging with a continuous-monitoring recording device.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Spain.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-4585
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García Carretero
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency, Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romero Brugera
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Spain.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Gomez
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency, Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Spain.
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rebollo-Aparicio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007031:Hypothalamus; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000473:pathology*