Carcinoma of colon presenting as fever of unknown origin

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 329, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 322-326

  Agmon Levin, Nancy ^a   Ziv Sokolovsky, Nadia ^a   Shull, Philip ^a   Sthoeger, Zev M ^a  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abscess; Carcinoma; Colon; Fever; FUO

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; OCCULT CANCER; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 20544433915     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200506000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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