FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

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Etiology: FUO is more commonly caused by an atypical presentation of a common disease than by a very rare disease. The most common causes of FUO can be categorized as infections, neoplasms, or noninfectious inflammatory diseases (NIIDs; e.g., “collagen or rheumatic diseases,” vasculitis syndromes, and granulomatous disorders). The frequency of each category differs between Western countries and countries in other parts of the world: infections, neoplasms, and NIIDs account for 22%, 11%, and 23% of Western cases, respectively, and for 43%, 16%, and 23% of cases in other geographic regions.
- Atypical presentations of endocarditis, diverticulitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis represent the more common infectious-disease diagnoses.
- The most common NIIDs that result in FUO are large-vessel vasculitis, polymyalgia rheumatica, sarcoidosis, familial Mediterranean fever, and adult-onset Still’s disease.
- Among the neoplasms, malignant lymphoma is by far the most common cause of FUO. Fever occasionally precedes lymphadenopathy detectable by physical examination.

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Fauci, Anthony S., et al., editors. "FEVER of UNKNOWN ORIGIN." Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 19th ed., McGraw Hill Inc., 2017. Harrison's Manual of Medicine, harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623541/all/FEVER_OF_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN.

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. In: Fauci AS, Hauser SL, Jameson JL, et al, eds. Harrison's Manual of Medicine. 19th ed. McGraw Hill Inc.; 2017. https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623541/all/FEVER_OF_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN. Accessed January 20, 2019.

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. (2017). In Fauci, A. S., Hauser, S. L., Jameson, J. L., Kasper, D. L., Longo, D. L., & Loscalzo, J. (Eds.), Harrison's Manual of Medicine. Available from https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623541/all/FEVER_OF_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN

FEVER of UNKNOWN ORIGIN [Internet]. In: Fauci AS, Hauser SL, Jameson JL, Kasper DL, Longo DL, Loscalzo J, editors. Harrison's Manual of Medicine. McGraw Hill Inc.; 2017. [cited 2019 January 20]. Available from: https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623541/all/FEVER_OF_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN

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