Pulmonary embolism as a paraneoplastic symptom of choroid melanoma
Authors:
K. Řehoušková 1; F. Toušek 1; N. Pavlíčková 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Kardiocentrum – kardiologie, Nemocnice České Budějovice, a. s., Primář: MUDr. František Toušek, FESC
1; Oční oddělení, Nemocnice České Budějovice, a. s., Primář: MUDr. Jan Sattran
2
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2011; 91(2): 103-105
Category:
Case Report
Overview
Paraneoplastic syndromes are symptoms that accompany cancer. They may signal the presence of a tumour even before the tumour itself is diagnosed. Thrombotic complications may accompany cancer in up to 20 % of cases. The case study describes an unusual case of a 74 year old man hospitalized for a bilateral pulmonary embolism in Department of Cardiology, who was subsequently diagnosed with a malignant melanoma of the choroid.
Key words:
paraneoplastic syndrome, vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, hypercoagulable state, malignant melanoma.
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