Elderly Male 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...

Right knee pain, swelling and fever in a young immunocompetent male.

A 17-year-old male presented at the Emergency Department with right knee pain, swelling and fever. The patient reported that the symptons had appeared the previous month. He had suffered two nonspecific acute gastroenteritis episodes during his childhood with no other disease antecedents of interest. Examination revealed pain, warmth and swelling on the anteromedial side of the right knee, with...

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?