A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery

Yavuz Fatih Yavuz; Nazmi Toprak; Cemil Kavalci; Fevzi Yilmaz

doi:10.4103/tjem.tjem_358_22

A case presented with fever enlightened by cardiac auscultation: Sarcoma originated in pulmonary artery

Turk J Emerg Med. 2024 Jan 8;24(1):55-57. doi: 10.4103/tjem.tjem_358_22. eCollection 2024 Jan-Mar.

Authors

Yavuz Fatih Yavuz¹, Nazmi Toprak¹, Cemil Kavalci¹, Fevzi Yilmaz¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.

Abstract

In the emergency department, there are many symptoms patients present. One of the major symptoms is fever which could be the only symptom, as our patient had. Not only do infections, drugs, trauma, etc., cause fever, but also undetermined cancer types do. In this case, we are presenting a 28-year-old male coming with a 3-week duration of fever and being admitted with the diagnosis of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma as generally misconceived with pulmonary thromboembolism, to raise awareness of this fatal cancer.

Keywords: Fever; pulmonary thromboembolism; sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports