title: Spontaneous arterial thrombosis in association with pancreatic carcinoma: diagnosis and interventional management.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman presented with bilateral upper limb ischaemia. Digital subtraction angiography demonstrated upper limb arterial thrombosis, extensive on the left. This was initially treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis which cleared the thrombus on the right, although the left upper limb required supplementary surgical embolectomy. Subsequently, biopsy-proven pancreatic adenocarcinoma was detected. The upper limb arterial thrombosis appeared to be spontaneous in association with the malignancy because there was no obvious embolic source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Auckland Hospital, Grafton, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferrar
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator