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| Title |
Psychogenic fever in a patient with small cell lung cancer: a case report
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-015-1462-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mengdan Xu, Xiaoye Zhang, Zhaoguo Xu, Guoyuan Cui, Li Yu, Xiaoying Qi, Jia Lin, Yan Liu |
| Abstract |
Fever is common in malignant tumors. We report an exceptional case of psychogenic fever in a patient with small cell lung cancer. This is the first case report of psychogenic fever in a patient with small cell lung cancer. A 61-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with small cell carcinoma on June 30, 2012, came to our department with a complaint of fever lasting more than 1 month. He had undergone chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer 6 months previously. After admission, his body temperature fluctuated in the range of 37 °C to 39 °C. Somatic symptoms associated with anxiety were obvious. A 24-item Hamilton Anxiety Scale was used to assess the patient's condition. A score of 32 confirmed a diagnosis of severe anxiety. After a week of antianxiety treatment, the patient's temperature returned to normal. Psychogenic fever is common in cancer patients and deserves more attention. Patients with psychogenic fever must be distinguished from patients with infectious fever (including neutropenic fever), and tumor fever. Additionally, antianxiety or antidepression treatment should be provided. A concern is that continual anxiety may adversely affect anticancer therapy. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 23 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 4% |
| Professor | 1 | 4% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 11 | 48% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 4% |
| Psychology | 1 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 12 | 52% |
Attention Score in Context
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#128
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