title: [Recurrent fever as presenting from of colon carcinoma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: División de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Servicio de Cirugía del Aparato Digestivo. Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Spain. mlfernandez@fjd.es
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernández Guerrero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Julián Jiménez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Górgolas Hernández-Mora
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: González Cajigal
mesh_terms: 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