The case of a 13 years old girl presenting hyperpirexya and admitted to hospital is described. Laboratory tests showed a neutrophilic leucocytosis with considerable elevation of inflammatory indices. The ultrasound of the abdomen showed irregularities in the hepatic and spleen structure due to multiple lesions with well defined and regular margins. Laboratory exams excluded infectious. The persistence of fever induced to practice MRI, and the anamnestic data of the girl’s life spent often in the countryside at her grandparents’ house led to repeat laboratory exams for infectious diseases that led to the diagnosis of a rare disease. A disease that is normally easily diagnosed and does not present all the complications presented in the case described.
A persistent fever associated with elevated inflammatory indices and ultrasound lesions of liver and spleen
Claudia Mandato
2018
Abstract
The case of a 13 years old girl presenting hyperpirexya and admitted to hospital is described. Laboratory tests showed a neutrophilic leucocytosis with considerable elevation of inflammatory indices. The ultrasound of the abdomen showed irregularities in the hepatic and spleen structure due to multiple lesions with well defined and regular margins. Laboratory exams excluded infectious. The persistence of fever induced to practice MRI, and the anamnestic data of the girl’s life spent often in the countryside at her grandparents’ house led to repeat laboratory exams for infectious diseases that led to the diagnosis of a rare disease. A disease that is normally easily diagnosed and does not present all the complications presented in the case described.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
