Unexplained Puerperal Fever

Sara Vodopivec, Miha Lučovnik, Jana Pahole Goličnik and Andreja Trojner Bregar

Department of Perinatology, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia Department of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia

^*Correspondance to: Andreja Trojner Bregar 

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Abstract:

There are numerous infectious and non-infectious causes of fever in the postpartum period. We present a case of a 30-year-old secundipara with puerperal fever which persisted despite initial broadspectrum antibiotic therapy. Chest X-ray was eventually taken and showed perihilar infiltrates that were subsequently diagnosed to be enlarged lymph nodes due to Hodgkin lymphoma. The case highlights the importance of constructing a thorough differential diagnosis when managing women with fever in the postpartum period. This is especially important when therapy for most common infectious etiologies has not been successful.

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Cite the Article:

Vodopivec S, Lučovnik M, Goličnik JP, Bregar AT. Unexplained Puerperal Fever. Clin Oncol. 2019;4:1655.