Abstract

MOLINA GARRIDO, M. J. et al. Fever of unknown origin as first manifestation of two cases of cervix carcinoma. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2006, vol.23, n.8, pp.387-388. ISSN 0212-7199.

We present the case of two women with FUO as first manifestation of a cervical carcinoma. In both cases, wide spectrum antibiotic treatment (and tuberculostatic medication in the first woman) were not useful to stop fever. Autoimmune diseases tests were normal. Just image thecniques let us detect a suspicious lesion (specially, abdomino-pelvic magnetic resonance) and biopsy gave the definitive diagnosis. A radical surgery caused the fever resolution. These are two cases of cervical cancer as cause of fever of unknown origin and, at the moment, we have not found another cases in the literature. We should consider this kind of tumor as a possible origin of fever.

Keywords : Fever of unknown origin; Cervix carcinoma; Abdominal magnetic resonance.

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