Chmel H, Palmer J A, Eikman E A
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, USF College of Medicine, Tampa 33612.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Dec;11(4):215-9. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(88)90007-7.
Hematoma as an isolated cause of temperature elevation in adult patients is rarely reported. We describe a patient with a large hematoma involving his right leg that caused significant pyrexia. The computerized axial tomography findings are discussed, as well as the possible mechanisms responsible for the temperature elevation.