A case of thymoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin

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Marwah, Vikas [1 ]
Choudhary, Robin [1 ]
Shrinath, V. [1 ]
Paliwal, Gourang [2 ]
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[1] AICTS, Dept Pulm Crit Care & Sleep Med, Pune 411040, Maharashtra, India
[2] AFMC, Dept Pathol, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Hyperthyroidism; pyrexia of unknown origin; thymoma; ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS;
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10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_686_21
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R36 [病理学];
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100104 ;
摘要
Pyrexia of unknown origin can be caused due to numerous infective and noninfective causes. It poses a diagnostic dilemma to the clinicians and requires a myriad of investigations for the confirmation of diagnosis. Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors that present as anterior mediastinal mass; however, thymomas presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin has rarely been reported in the literature. We report an interesting case of a middle-aged male who presented as pyrexia of unknown origin due to thymoma.
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