Prolonged Fever Caused by Subacute Thyroiditis. A Case Report

• Main Authors: Lisbet María Cortez Mijares (Author), Ariel Martínez Lastre (Author), Claribel Plain Pozos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Female patient aged 44. A month before attending Medicine Emergency Services at the9 de Abril General Teaching Hospital she started having mild pain at the lateral neck with signs of inflammation, joint pain, malaise and weight loss. She also presented a fever of 38.5 ° C during 15 days of evolution...