Diagnosaurus
Neck pain and fever
DDx
- Influenza or flu-like syndrome
- Pharyngitis with tender lymphadenopathy
- Meningitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Metastatic cancer
- Deep neck infection, eg, Ludwig's angina
- Thyroiditis
- Temporal (giant cell) arteritis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Neck Pain and Fever." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/115072/all/Neck_pain_and_fever.
Zeiger RFR. Neck pain and fever. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/115072/all/Neck_pain_and_fever. Accessed May 10, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Neck pain and fever. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/115072/all/Neck_pain_and_fever
Zeiger RFR. Neck Pain and Fever [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 10]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/115072/all/Neck_pain_and_fever.
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