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Malignant causes

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Malignant causes include:

  • hypernephroma
  • lymphoma
  • hepatoma
  • atrial myxoma
  • leukaemia and pre-leukaemia
  • liver or CNS metastases
  • carcinoma of the pancreas
  • tumours of the anterior hypothalamus

Note that these are likely to cause a PUO lasting more than two or three weeks.

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