malignant causes

Last reviewed 01/2018

Malignant causes include:

  • hypernephroma
  • lymphoma
  • hepatoma
  • atrial myxoma
  • leukaemia and pre-leukaemia
  • liver or CNS metastases
  • carcinoma of the pancreas
  • tumours of the anterior hypothalamus

Note that these are likely to cause a PUO lasting more than two or three weeks.