Anales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984)
-
Review Case Reports
[Fever of unknown origin as the clinical presentation of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma].
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare disease. The most frequent initial symptoms are abdominal pain, anorexia, marked weight loss and ascites. ⋯ Three patients died within two months after diagnosis and prolonged fever was the clinical manifestation at the onset of the disease. It is important to take malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in the differential diagnosis of fever unknown origin.