Paraneoplastic digital thrombosis: a case report.
Persistent digital ischemia is an uncommon paraneoplastic syndrome. We describe a 71-year-old man whose only manifestation of an underlying adenocarcinoma was digital ischemia. His symptoms responded dramatically to bilateral dorsal sympathectomies. A thorough search for the mechanism producing the ischemia failed to provide an explanation. We assume that unknown neurohumoral factors produced by the tumor were responsible.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*