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Bladder dysfunction: A sign of occult colonic carcinoma

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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It should be appreciated from the presentation of these 15 cases that the similarity in innervation, overlap of vascular supply, and the juxtaposition of the anatomy between the lower urinary tract and the lower bowel tend to make these organ systems brothers in many clinical syndromes. All patients who present with intractable pyuria, recurrent prostatitis, or recurrent hematuria with no obvious urologic disease should undergo lower gastrointestinal investigation to rule out carcinoma of the colon.

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  1. Massapequa Park, New York

    Stuart Kase M.D. & Morton Goldfarb M.D.

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Read at the Northeastern Proctologic Conference, Costa Del Sol, Spain, November 17, 1972.

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Kase, S., Goldfarb, M. Bladder dysfunction: A sign of occult colonic carcinoma. Dis Colon Rectum 17, 238–240 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02588108

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