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Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article
Author(s):
Benou, C; Walter, B M; Schlitter, M A; Wilhelm, D; Neu, B; Schmid, R M
Title:
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor as entry port for S. intermedius causing bacteremia and multiple liver abscesses. Case report and review of literature.
Abstract:
We report a case of a previously healthy 52-year-old man who presented with fever and liver lesions suspicious for metastatic disease, which proved subsequently to be abscesses. Further workup revealed a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in the gastric corpus as entry port to Streptococcus intermedius-associated bacteremia and liver abscesses. After antibiotic treatment and surgical resection of the tumor, the patient recovered well. This unusual case indicates that gastrointestinal stromal...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Z Gastroenterol
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
54
Journal issue:
3
Pages contribution:
245-9
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1055/s-0042-100628
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27043888
Print-ISSN:
0044-2771
TUM Institution:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik; II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Gastroenterologie)
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