[Clinical case of the month. Extended portal vein thrombosis in patient on vitamin K antagonists].
There is a long-recognized association between cancer and venous thromboembolism. Venous thrombosis is the most common paraneoplastic complication. We describe a case of rupture of esophageal varices in a patient with a paraneoplastic portal thrombosis. We highlight the links between venous thromboembolism and cancer and also discuss treatment and prognostic factors.
Universite de Liège.
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Ledouble
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Beck
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Peters
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Lamproye
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Louis
D000074:Acenocoumarol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011169:Portal Vein; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
D000925:Anticoagulants; D000074:Acenocoumarol