[Recurrent fever as presenting from of colon carcinoma].
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) has been rarely associated with colonic cancer. In less than 1% of cases of FUO a colonic cancer is found as the main cause of fever. The authors reviewed 4 cases of colonic cancer whose first manifestation was FUO. Recurrent episodes of brief, self-limited fever, without a characteristic pattern, may be the first symptom of colonic cancer. On occassions, E. coli bacteremia may be the herald of an occult colonic malignancy.
Fernández Guerrero
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División de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Servicio de Cirugía del Aparato Digestivo. Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Spain. mlfernandez@fjd.es
Jiménez Rodríguez
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de Julián Jiménez
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de Górgolas Hernández-Mora
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González Cajigal
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D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence