title: [Bilateral deep vein thrombosis as presenting symptom of malignancy].
abstract: In 1865 Trousseau first described the association between venous thrombosis and malignancy. We now know that unprovoked deep vein thrombosis of the legs precedes the diagnosis of malignancy in more than 7% of the cases. In bilateral deep vein thrombosis the risk of occult malignancy exceeds 40%. We describe a patient with bilateral deep vein thrombosis as presenting symptom of pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine B Department, Hasharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Gideon Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Arnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neuman
authors.forename: Yevgenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rozenblat
authors.forename: Aliza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeidman
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*