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Case Report
Trousseau’s syndrome associated with tissue factor produced by pulmonary adenocarcinoma
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  1. T Sato1,
  2. I Tsujino1,
  3. D Ikeda1,
  4. M Ieko2,
  5. M Nishimura1
  1. 1First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
  2. 2Department of Internal Medicine, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences, University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr I Tsujino
    First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita 15 Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 060-8638; it013{at}med.hokudai.ac.jp

Abstract

The case history is presented of a patient with Trousseau’s syndrome in which tissue factor originating from lung cancer appeared responsible for recurrent DVT/PE. This is thought to be the first such case to be reported.

  • DVT, deep vein thrombosis
  • PE, pulmonary embolism
  • TF, tissue factor
  • Trousseau’s syndrome
  • lung cancer
  • tissue factor
  • deep vein thrombosis
  • pulmonary embolism

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2004.031492

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    • Competing interests: none declared.