A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery

In the emergency department, there are many symptoms patients present. One of the major symptoms is fever which could be the only symptom, as our patient had. Not only do infections, drugs, trauma, etc., cause fever, but also undetermined cancer types do. In this case, we are presenting a 28-year-ol...

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Main Authors: Yavuz Fatih Yavuz, Nazmi Toprak, Cemil Kavalci, Fevzi Yilmaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-01-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.turkjemergmed.org/article.asp?issn=2452-2473;year=2024;volume=24;issue=1;spage=55;epage=57;aulast=Yavuz
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description In the emergency department, there are many symptoms patients present. One of the major symptoms is fever which could be the only symptom, as our patient had. Not only do infections, drugs, trauma, etc., cause fever, but also undetermined cancer types do. In this case, we are presenting a 28-year-old male coming with a 3-week duration of fever and being admitted with the diagnosis of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma as generally misconceived with pulmonary thromboembolism, to raise awareness of this fatal cancer.
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spelling doaj.art-a047df9a3d25407b9f731ebf4cad8b4f2024-04-05T09:59:34ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine2452-24732024-01-01241555710.4103/tjem.tjem_358_22A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary arteryYavuz Fatih YavuzNazmi ToprakCemil KavalciFevzi YilmazIn the emergency department, there are many symptoms patients present. One of the major symptoms is fever which could be the only symptom, as our patient had. Not only do infections, drugs, trauma, etc., cause fever, but also undetermined cancer types do. In this case, we are presenting a 28-year-old male coming with a 3-week duration of fever and being admitted with the diagnosis of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma as generally misconceived with pulmonary thromboembolism, to raise awareness of this fatal cancer.http://www.turkjemergmed.org/article.asp?issn=2452-2473;year=2024;volume=24;issue=1;spage=55;epage=57;aulast=Yavuzfeverpulmonary thromboembolismsarcoma
spellingShingle Yavuz Fatih Yavuz
Nazmi Toprak
Cemil Kavalci
Fevzi Yilmaz
A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
fever
pulmonary thromboembolism
sarcoma
title A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
title_full A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
title_fullStr A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
title_full_unstemmed A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
title_short A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
title_sort case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery
topic fever
pulmonary thromboembolism
sarcoma
url http://www.turkjemergmed.org/article.asp?issn=2452-2473;year=2024;volume=24;issue=1;spage=55;epage=57;aulast=Yavuz
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