Acta Médica Portuguesa (Jun 1992)

Adenocarcinoma do colon revelado por endocardite por estreptococos bovis.

  • J Almeida,
  • J Bau,
  • I Baptista,
  • T Matias,
  • J Quininha,
  • J M Bentes-Jesus,
  • A Vital-Morgado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.3250
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 6

Abstract

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The association of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with colonic neoplasms has been well documented. We describe a patient in whom the finding of a Str. bovis endocarditis stimulated investigation which resulted in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of an adenocarcinoma of the colon.