Diabetic Women with Fever and Right Flank Pain

Diabetes, fever, and flank pain.

Accepted 20 August 1997 A 54-year-old noninsulin-dependent diabetic woman presented with fever and left flank pain of one-month duration. She denied haematuria, gravelluria or oliguria. At presentation, she was febrile (body temperature 39°C), drowsy and dehydrated. Her pulse was 100 beats/min and blood pressure 100/70 mmHg. An indistinct tender mass was palpable in her left lumbar region. Othe...

Persistent fever and right hypochondrium pain.

Roland T, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221254 Description A 39-year-old patient was admitted to our hospital for 10 days fever (up to 40°C) with pain in the right hypochondrium. Abdominal echography performed at the onset of symptoms was normal. Blood tests showed C-reactive protein 311 mg/L, leucocytes count 24x10 /L (neutrophils count at 19, 29x10/L), bilirubin 1.1 mg/dL, la...

Isolated Splenic Metastasis Presenting with Continuous Fever and Abdominal Pain

A 50 Year Old Man with Fever and Abdominal Pain

The patient is a 50-year-old man who has been diagnosed with abdominal pain, fever, shivering and constipation with nausea and vomiting with a possible diagnosis of typhoid. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis was performed by injection of contrast agent for the patient. What is your diagnosis?

Appendicitis Presenting with Left Flank Pain

Appendicitis presenting with left flank pain has only been reported once in the literature. The varying presenting symptoms are thought to be due to the position of the appendixin this case, a pelvic appendix also involving the small bowel with reported perforation risk reported to rise with increasing diagnostic delay, prompt diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent any unnecessary morb...