Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis: Abscess Formation in the Tumor Leading to Bacteremia and Seizure

A 66-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) was brought to the emergency room with seizures and high-grade fever. Seizure in adult NF1 patients raises concern for intracranial lesions. However, neurological examination and central nervous system imaging failed to detect any causative int...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Case reports in gastroenterology 2010-10, Vol.4 (3), p.435-442
Hauptverfasser:	Kitagawa, Maki, Koh, Toshimori, Nakagawa, Noboru, Kondo, Yutaka, Nishio, Minoru, Oguro, Atsushi, Sakakura, Chohei, Nanri, Masaaki, Otsuji, Eigo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscess Bacteremia Gastrointestinal stromal tumor Neurofibromatosis Published: October 2010 Seizure
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