Síndrome febril indeterminado em doente com dermatomiosite

• Author(s): Duarte, C ; Monteiro, P ; Serra, S ; Salvador, MJ ; Malcata, AB
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/701
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Dermatomiosite; Febre de Origem Desconhecida
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

The authors present a clinical case of a male, 54 year-old with the diagnosis of Dermatomyositis has 2 months ago. The patient, after a partial response to immunosuppressive therapy, presents with Fever of unknown origin. After a deep clinical evaluation it was established the diagnosis of resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. The differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin in patients with dermatomyositis is discussed.