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Case Reports
. 2012 Jul;31(4):198-200.
doi: 10.1007/s12664-012-0233-x. Epub 2012 Aug 9.

Fusobacterium nucleatum infection mimicking metastatic cancer

Armin Rashidi  1 , Sami G Tahhan, Mark W Cohee, Benjamin M Goodman
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Case Reports

Fusobacterium nucleatum infection mimicking metastatic cancer

Armin Rashidi et al. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

A 48-year-old man presented with fevers, chills, weight loss, multiple liver masses, and several superficial and deep venous thromboses in lower extremities. Cancer work up was negative. A liver biopsy grew Fusobacterium nucleatum. To our knowledge, F. nucleatum infection presenting with multiple liver masses and Trousseau-like syndrome has not been reported earlier.

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