Open AccessThyroid scintigraphy in fever of unknown origin
Author(s) -
Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty,
Kanhaiyalal Agrawal,
Bikash Ranjan Meher
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_111_19
Subject(s) - medicine , fever of unknown origin , thyroiditis , scintigraphy , thyroid , typhoid fever , dermatology , radiology , pathology
Thyroiditis is a very rare cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). Thyroiditis presenting as only fever and weight loss is very rare. We present a case of FUO, which was later on confirmed as thyroiditis on thyroid scintigraphy.