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Fatal Paraneoplastic Embolisms in Both Circulations in a Patient with Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumour
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-97335
- 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.
Author: | Albert Busch, Sebastian Tschernitz, Anette Thurner, Richard Kellersmann, Udo Lorenz |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-97335 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Gefäß- und Kinderchirurgie (Chirurgische Klinik I) |
Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie (Institut für Röntgendiagnostik) | |
Medizinische Fakultät / Pathologisches Institut | |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Case Reports in Vascular Medicine |
Year of Completion: | 2013 |
Source: | In: Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (2013), doi:10.1155/2013/739427 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/739427 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | Medizin |
Release Date: | 2014/05/07 |
Collections: | Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2013 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung |