Fatal paraneoplastic embolisms in both circulations in a patient with poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumour.
Case Rep Vasc Med 2014;
2013:739427. [PMID:
24490097 PMCID:
PMC3893835 DOI:
10.1155/2013/739427]
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Abstract
Arterial embolism with lower limb ischemia is a rare manifestation of paraneoplastic hypercoagulability in cancer patients. We report a unique case of fatal thromboembolism involving both circulations associated with a poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the lung with rapid progress despite high doses of unfractioned heparin and review the current literature on anticoagulative regimen in tumour patients.
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