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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 117-119 |
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A microbial old friend with a new face: A rare case of pyrexia of unknown origin and leukemoid reaction
Sumeet P Mirgh1, Virti D Shah2, Jehangir S Sorabjee3
1 Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
2 Department of Neurology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Medicine, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Sumeet P Mirgh
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DOI: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_166_16
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We present a case of a young male, who presented to us with high-grade fever for more than four weeks, refractory seizures, multiple subcutaneous palpable lumps, and evidence of leukocytosis with predominant left shift on the peripheral smear. The classic “starry-sky” appearance on imaging, generalized muscular uptake on positron emission tomography-computerized tomography scan, and positive serology led to a diagnosis of disseminated cysticercosis. He responded to oral steroids. To the best of our knowledge, disseminated cysticercosis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin and with a leukemoid reaction has never been reported in literature. |
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