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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

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  1. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Nicola Rifino

  2. Department of Neurology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy

    Nicola Rifino, Davide Sangalli, Paola Basilico & Andrea Salmaggi

  3. Department of General Surgery, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy

    Fulvio Tagliabue

  4. Department of Neuroradiology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy

    Marco Giuseppe Filizzolo

  5. Department of Cardiology, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy

    Beatrice Riva

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Rifino, N., Sangalli, D., Tagliabue, F. et al. 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 41, 201–203 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03996-z

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