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ArticleMateria socio-medica2023

Craniopharyngioma as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin.

Maria Lagadinou, Georgios Markantes, Marina Amerali, Francesk Mulita, Markos Marangos, Marina Michalaki

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Article in Materia socio-medica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maria LagadinouDepartment of Internal medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras Greece.
Georgios MarkantesDivision of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Marina AmeraliDepartment of Internal medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras Greece.
Francesk MulitaDepartment of General Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Markos MarangosDepartment of Internal medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras Greece.
Marina MichalakiDivision of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.

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Abstract

Background: Fever of unknown origin is quite common in everyday clinical practice, and the approach is challenging. Prolonged fever as the sole manifestation of craniopharyngioma has been rarely reported in literature. Objective: Herein, we report a case of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma presented as fever of unknown origin in a 51-year-old woman, initially misdiagnosed as atypical subacute thyroiditis. Case presentation: During the work up, the patient complained about bitemporal hemianopsia. Thus, she underwent a pituitary Magnetic Resonance Imaging, which revealed a mixed mass originating from the pituitary stalk and compressing the optic chiasm. The mass was surgically excised, and the histology confirmed the diagnosis of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma. The patient remained afebrile post-surgery. We hypothesize that the craniopharyngioma caused an abnormality of thermoregulatory mechanisms due to infiltration of the hypothalamus.

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