Gastrointestinal stromal tumor as entry port for S. intermedius causing bacteremia and multiple liver abscesses. Case report and review of literature
| Autor: | Dirk Wilhelm, Benjamin Walter, M. A. Schlitter, C. Benou, RM Schmid, Bruno Neu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Stromal cell Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Staphylococcus intermedius Bacteremia Streptococcus intermedius medicine.disease_cause Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Stromal tumor Gastrointestinal Neoplasms GiST biology Streptococcus business.industry Gastroenterology Penicillin G Middle Aged Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Anti-Bacterial Agents Treatment Outcome Liver Abscess Pyogenic 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Liver abscess |
| Zdroj: | Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 54:245-249 |
| ISSN: | 1439-7803 0044-2771 |
| Popis: | We report a case of a previously healthy 52-year-old man who presented with fever and liver lesions suspicious for metastatic disease, which proved subsequently to be abscesses. Further workup revealed a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in the gastric corpus as entry port to Streptococcus intermedius-associated bacteremia and liver abscesses. After antibiotic treatment and surgical resection of the tumor, the patient recovered well. This unusual case indicates that gastrointestinal stromal tumors can remain undetected until they cause a life threatening infection. A review of recent literature pertaining to GIST and liver abscesses follows. |
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