Ischaemic stroke as first presentation of occult colon neoplasia in a 30-year-old young man with an associated Streptococcus gallolyticus infection causing endocarditis and infectious intracranial aneurysm

Neurol Sci. 2020 Jan;41(1):201-203. doi: 10.1007/s10072-019-03996-z. Epub 2019 Jul 6.

Authors

Nicola Rifino^{1

2}, Davide Sangalli³, Fulvio Tagliabue⁴, Paola Basilico³, Marco Giuseppe Filizzolo⁵, Beatrice Riva⁶, Andrea Salmaggi³

Affiliations

¹ University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. rifino.n@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy. rifino.n@gmail.com.
³ Department of Neurology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy.
⁴ Department of General Surgery, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neuroradiology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy.

PMID: 31278541
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-019-03996-z

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
Adult
Brain Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Ischemia / etiology
Colonic Neoplasms / complications
Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology
Intracranial Aneurysm / microbiology
Male
Streptococcal Infections / complications
Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Streptococcus gallolyticus / isolation & purification
Stroke / diagnostic imaging*
Stroke / etiology