Case 27-2022: A 32-Year-Old Man with Confusion, Headache, and Fever

A 32-year-old man with Behçet’s disease was admitted after 2 weeks of confusion and headache and 2 days of fever. CSF analysis showed lymphocyte-predominant pleocytosis and a low glucose level. A diagnosis was made.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 387; no. 10; pp. 925 - 933
Main Authors Venna, Nagagopal, Schaefer, Pamela W., Miloslavsky, Eli M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 08.09.2022
Subjects
Aphasia
Behcet's syndrome
Case reports
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine General
Confusion
Delirium
Diagnostic tests
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine General
Encephalitis
Fever
Glucose
Headache
Headaches
Herpes viruses
Hospital-Based Clinical Medicine
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease General
Lymphocytes
Meningitis
Metabolism
Neck pain
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery General
Patients
Pleocytosis
Rheumatology
Rheumatology General
Thrombosis
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
Ulcers
Vasculitis
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Summary:A 32-year-old man with Behçet’s disease was admitted after 2 weeks of confusion and headache and 2 days of fever. CSF analysis showed lymphocyte-predominant pleocytosis and a low glucose level. A diagnosis was made.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMcpc2201246