Malignant causes of fever of unknown origin.
Clin Med. 2015 Jun;15(3):292-4
Authors: Foggo V, Cavenagh J
Abstract
The presence of fever in malignancy usually indicates infection, though transfusion, thrombosis and drugs are also culprits. However, particularly in some tumour types, fever can also be a paraneoplastic syndrome, caused by the malignancy itself. This can be a difficult diagnosis to establish and presents a therapeutic challenge to the physician when the underlying malignancy is not easily treated.
PMID: 26031983 [PubMed - in process]