@article{BuschTschernitzThurneretal.2013, author = {Busch, Albert and Tschernitz, Sebastian and Thurner, Anette and Kellersmann, Richard and Lorenz, Udo}, title = {Fatal Paraneoplastic Embolisms in Both Circulations in a Patient with Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumour}, series = {Case Reports in Vascular Medicine}, journal = {Case Reports in Vascular Medicine}, doi = {10.1155/2013/739427}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-97335}, year = {2013}, 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.}, language = {en} }