Sclerosing mesenteritis as an unusual cause of fever of unknown origin: a case report and review
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Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva, Fabio Eudes Leal, Caio Coelho-Netto, Guilherme Cutait de Castro Cotti, Ricardo A. S. Souza, Rodrigo Lautert Azambuja, Manoel de Souza Rocha, Esper Georges Kallas I Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Hospital Sı́rio-Libanês, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. III Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Division of Clinic Immunology and Allergy, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. IV Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Department of Radiology, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.
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