with MPNs experience a unique constellation of physical symptoms, such as pruritus, night sweats, bone and splenic pain, fatigue, and fevers. Symptom burden can be similar in severity to the experience of patients with metastatic cancer or acute myeloid
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Daniel C. McFarland, Kelly M. Shaffer, Heather Polizzi, John Mascarenhas, Marina Kremyanskaya, Jimmie Holland, and Ronald Hoffman
Henry G. Kaplan
left posterior neck tumor was 3 cm. During the third week of treatment, the patient experienced rapid onset of a macular erythematous rash that quickly grew to cover approximately 90% of her body. This was accompanied by daily fevers ranging from 102
Lindsey Robert Baden, Sankar Swaminathan, Michael Angarone, Gayle Blouin, Bernard C. Camins, Corey Casper, Brenda Cooper, Erik R. Dubberke, Ashley Morris Engemann, Alison G. Freifeld, John N. Greene, James I. Ito, Daniel R. Kaul, Mark E. Lustberg, Jose G. Montoya, Ken Rolston, Gowri Satyanarayana, Brahm Segal, Susan K. Seo, Shmuel Shoham, Randy Taplitz, Jeffrey Topal, John W. Wilson, Karin G. Hoffmann, and Courtney Smith
development of symptoms that are suggestive of influenza (eg, high fever, coryza, myalgia, dry cough), especially during community outbreaks. Both the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2007) and CDC guidelines (2011) recommend antiviral treatment with
Mitul Gandhi and Adam Petrich
persistent fevers. A PET scan performed as part of his pretransplant evaluation was remarkable for a hypermetabolic left supraclavicular node, and a bone marrow biopsy confirmed recurrence of cHL. The neoplastic cells were positive for CD15, CD30, and Epstein
Patrick A. Brown and Bijal Shah
toxicity,” said Dr. Shah. “I think we have to be cognizant of the fact that these therapies will make people sick in the short term.” As for CRS, more common symptoms include fever and hypotension. However, some patients may experience more severe
Olga Frankfurt and Martin S. Tallman
. Crawford J Ozer H Stoller R . Reduction by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor of fever and neutropenia induced by chemotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer . N Engl J Med 1991 ; 325 : 164 – 170 . 7. Ohno R Tomonaga M Kobayashi T
Yong Li, Xian Chen, Yanchun Qu, Jia-Ming Fan, Yan Li, Hui Peng, Yaojie Zheng, Yihong Zhang, and Hai-Bo Zhang
Symptoms of disease are often restricted to the involved organ, and 15% to 30% of patients present with fever, malaise, microcytic anemia, weight loss, thrombocytosis, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. 3 Surgery
Richard I. Fisher
/chemotherapy arm experienced more neutropenia and fever; however, overall, treatment discontinuations were similar in both arms: 69% of patients on the R 2 arm and 71% of those on the rituximab/chemotherapy arm completed treatment. 13 Final data showed that R 2
Presenters: Jimmy J. Caudell, David G. Pfister, and Randal S. Weber
febrile neutropenia. He received empiric antibiotics and antifungal medications, the neutropenia and fever resolved, and he was discharged. He did not require a nasal gastric tube or a PEG tube during treatment, and he went on to receive adjuvant
Aby Z. Philip
previously healthy 68-year-old woman presented with fatigue, night sweats, abdominal fullness, loss of appetite, and low-grade fevers. CT scan of her chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed diffuse lymphadenopathy involving supraclavicular, axillary, mediastinal
