TY - JOUR
T1 - Splenic abscess associated with colon cancer
T2 - A case report
AU - Teramoto, Tatsuo
AU - Kawamoto, Kiyoshi
AU - Watanabe, Masahiko
AU - Kase, Suguru
AU - Shatari, Tomoo
AU - Hasegawa, Hirotoshi
AU - Fujita, Shin
AU - Kuo, Tsong Hong
AU - Kawano, Yukio
AU - Kitajima, Masaki
AU - Mukai, Makio
PY - 1993/12
Y1 - 1993/12
N2 - The present report describes a case of colon cancer which presented with a rare complication of splenic abscess. A 52-year-old Japanese man with diarrhea, fever and chills was admitted to our hospital. He complained of fever, with chills at night, and abdominal pain occurring during the last month. The origin of the fever was investigated, and Escherichia coli grew from a blood culture. Multilocular splenic abscesses and wall thickening of the descending colon were revealed by CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound. A cancer of the descending colon was found by barium enema and colonoscopy. A curative resection was performed and the pathological report revealed the splenic abscess to have developed from a direct extension of, and perforation by, the carcinoma of the descending colon.
AB - The present report describes a case of colon cancer which presented with a rare complication of splenic abscess. A 52-year-old Japanese man with diarrhea, fever and chills was admitted to our hospital. He complained of fever, with chills at night, and abdominal pain occurring during the last month. The origin of the fever was investigated, and Escherichia coli grew from a blood culture. Multilocular splenic abscesses and wall thickening of the descending colon were revealed by CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound. A cancer of the descending colon was found by barium enema and colonoscopy. A curative resection was performed and the pathological report revealed the splenic abscess to have developed from a direct extension of, and perforation by, the carcinoma of the descending colon.
KW - Carcinoma of the colon
KW - Fever
KW - Splenic abscess
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jjco.a039666
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jjco.a039666
M3 - Article
C2 - 8283793
AN - SCOPUS:0027755873
SN - 0368-2811
VL - 23
SP - 384
EP - 388
JO - Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 6
ER -
