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Query: UMLS:C0020505 (hyperphagia)
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We describe an unusual case of pyrexia of unknown origin in a patient undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer. The fever was due to extravasation of lipid-containing hyperalimentation fluid from a migrated central venous catheter into the mediastinum, resulting in mediastinitis and pleurisy. The fever persisted despite broad-spectrum antibiotics and amphotericin B, and finally responded to steroids.
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PMID:Acute mediastinitis secondary to leakage of parenteral nutrition from a migrated central venous catheter in a patient undergoing autologous bone marrow transplant. 873 12