Fever of unknown origin (FUO): De Quervain's subacute thyroiditis with highly elevated ferritin levels mimicking temporal arteritis (TA)

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Cunha, Burke A ^a   Chak, Azfar ^a   Strollo, Stephanie ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77950021420     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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