A 41-year-old woman with muscle weakness, painful paresthesias, and visual problems

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A 41-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital with a rash, muscle pain and weakness, painful numbness and tingling in her extremities and visual disorders. She tested positive for hepatitis C virus and consequently, her doctors suspected an infectious or autoimmune cause for her symptoms. A muscle biopsy revealed vasculitis, which is an inflammation of blood vessels. A bone marrow biopsy showed that she had a B-cell lymphoma, which is a type of cancer. Hepatitis C virus has been found in many patients with B-cell lymphoma but how the virus causes the cancer is not clear.

Causes of, Complications and side effects, Hepatitis C, Lymphomas

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A 72-year-old man with persistent fever and hypotension

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A 72-year-old man with persistent nausea, vomiting, fever, and low blood pressure was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency and pituitary gland insufficiency caused by a pituitary gland tumor. The tumor was surgically removed and he was treated with corticosteroids, thyroid hormone and testosterone.

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An 81-year-old man with hypothermia, bradycardia, and confusion

Article Abstract:

An 81-year-old man was diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer that spread to his pituitary gland and hypothalamus. This caused several symptoms related to hypothalamic and pituitary function, including hypothermia, a slow heartbeat and diabetes insipidus.

Lung cancer, Non-small cell, Non-small cell lung cancer

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