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Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Weekly Clinicopathological Exercises
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Volume 333:113-119 July 13, 1995 Number 2
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Case 21-1995— A 33-Year-Old Man with a Sore Throat Followed by Swelling and Pain in the Leg
M.J. Barza, and J.B. Brennick

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A 33-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of fever and increasing pain in the right leg.

The patient had been well until 11 days earlier, when a sore throat developed while he was attending a meeting in Texas. No other symptoms occurred, and he was aware of only low-grade fever. During the next week the sore throat gradually improved. Three days before admission the sore throat was barely noticeable, although fatigue was present. Late in the afternoon he had a shaking chill that lasted more than an hour. The temperature was 38.3 °C and rose to 39.7 °C . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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