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Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report
INTRODUCTION: The association between unprovoked deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and malignancy is well established. For unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis this association has been documented in a few case-reports only. CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old apparently healthy male pres...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-153 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The association between unprovoked deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and malignancy is well established. For unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis this association has been documented in a few case-reports only. CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old apparently healthy male presents for the fourth time with an unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg. When screened for underlying causes a renal cell carcinoma and an adenocarcinoma of the prostate are diagnosed. The renal cell carcinoma pointed out to have been visible on a CT-scan, made just before the time of the first presentation of the thrombophlebitis. CONCLUSION: Unprovoked and recurrent thrombophlebitis is a rare condition and its presentation might be a warning sign for a (yet undiagnosed) cancer. Physicians should be on their guard and consider screening for cancer. Usefulness of such a screening however is not known. |
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spelling | pubmed-27831092009-11-28 Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report van Weert, Henk CPM Pingen, Francien Cases J Case Report INTRODUCTION: The association between unprovoked deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and malignancy is well established. For unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis this association has been documented in a few case-reports only. CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old apparently healthy male presents for the fourth time with an unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg. When screened for underlying causes a renal cell carcinoma and an adenocarcinoma of the prostate are diagnosed. The renal cell carcinoma pointed out to have been visible on a CT-scan, made just before the time of the first presentation of the thrombophlebitis. CONCLUSION: Unprovoked and recurrent thrombophlebitis is a rare condition and its presentation might be a warning sign for a (yet undiagnosed) cancer. Physicians should be on their guard and consider screening for cancer. Usefulness of such a screening however is not known. BioMed Central 2009-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2783109/ /pubmed/19946524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-153 Text en Copyright ©2009 van Weert and Pingen; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report van Weert, Henk CPM Pingen, Francien Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
title | Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
title_full | Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
title_fullStr | Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
title_short | Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
title_sort | recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-153 |
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