title: Digital ischemia and occult malignancy.
abstract: Since the early transcript by Raynaud and Trousseau, there has been wide acceptance of the association of occult malignancy and peripheral vascular disease. Recently, there have been a few case reports of acute onset monophasic digital ischemia heralding an occult malignancy. It appears that the site and tumor types seem unimportant in the development of ischemia; tumor resection however, usually results in rapid improvement of the affected digit. The mechanism remains to be established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego 92103, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paw
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dharan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sackier
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology