Anaerobic liver abscesses as initial presentation of silent colonic cancer

HPB

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-42

  Álvarez Pérez, Jose A ^a,b   Baldonedo, R F ^a   Bear, I G ^a   Alvarez P ^a   Jorge, J I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic liver abscess; Colon cancer; Multiple liver abscesses; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642388586     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820310015798     Document Type: Article

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