Metastatic prostate cancer as an infrequent cause of fever of unknown origin, and review of the literature

YILMAZ M., Arslan F., ÖRMECİ T., MERT A.

European Journal of Oncology, cilt.21, sa.4, ss.243-245, 2016 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: European Journal of Oncology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.243-245
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Fever of unknown origin, Paraneoplastic syndrome, Prostate cancer
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Summary. Although neoplastic fever is a rare entity, it still constitutes a clinical challenge and a troublesome symptom. Differentiating it from other cancer-related fevers, such as infection, is important for appropriate patient management. We here report on an 80 year-old patient with advanced prostate adenocarcinoma pre­senting with fever of unknown origin. A review of the English language literature confirms similar findings.