Value of Bone marrow Examination in Pyrexia of unknown origin

Value of Bone marrow Examination in Pyrexia of unknown origin

Correspondence: Dr Abhimanyu Jha, MD, Associate Professor, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan Univeristy, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: [email protected] Background: Pyrexia of unknown origin is a common diagnostic dilemma. Series of diagnostic modalities are required to arrive at diagnosis. Bone marrow examination is one of the common tests implicated in ...

Pyrexia of unknown origin.

Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

One of the most challenging problem a physician used to face in day to day practice is the evaluation of patients with prolonged pyrexia—a truly significant test of his clinical skills. Causes of PUO vary according to geographical area, health care setup, investigations facilities, and physicians’ attitude. Because of socioeconomic and other factors, infectious diseases are still very common in...

Detection of mycobacteria in bone marrow biopsy specimens taken to investigate pyrexia of unknown origin.

AIMS To investigate the value of bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of mycobacterial infection. METHODS The culture results of 433 bone marrow samples taken between 1983 and 1992 were reviewed. The histopathology reports on bone marrow trephine specimens of culture positive samples and all those on HIV positive patients sent in 1992 were also reviewed. RESULTS Fifty one specimens yielded M...

Localization of acute pyelonephritis in pyrexia of unknown origin using FDG PET/CT

Objective(s): Acute pyelonephritis presents with high-grade fever, dysuria, flank pain, leukocytosis, and microscopic hematuria. Urine culture aids in the diagnosis of this infection. It can be complicated or uncomplicated. Complicated pyelonephritis includes uncontrolled diabetes, transplant, pregnancy, acute or chronic renal failure, structural abnormality of the uri...