[Pulmonary cancer and recurrent arterial and venous thromboses].
Coagulation disorders frequently complicate cancer. We observed a patient with lung cancer who developed recurrent thromboembolism. Hypercoagulation was induced by tumor cells via different factors enhancing coagulation. Heparinotherapy, or in certain cases oral anticoagulants, are often ineffective.
Auvray
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E
Service de pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon.
Chatte
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G
Perrin-Fayolle
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M
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000925:Anticoagulants
Cancer pulmonaire et thromboses artérielles et veineuses récidivantes.