title: [Central retinal vein occlusion as the first symptom of ovarian cancer].
abstract: METHODS
  A healthy 57-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in her right eye. Dilated fundus examination revealed central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). The laboratory test results for hypercoagulability state showed an abnormal protein S. A few months later she developed an ovarian malignancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates an association between CRVO and ovarian tumour. Coagulation disorders in cancer may be a mechanism for CRVO.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, España. Electronic address: victor_asensio@orangemail.es.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Asensio-Sánchez
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hernaez-Ortega
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Castresana-Jauregui
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D017293:Protein S / Q000032:analysis*; D012169:Retinal Vein; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D019821:Simvastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D017293:Protein S; D019821:Simvastatin
keywords: Central retinal vein occlusion; Hipercoagulabilidad; Hypercoagulability; Oclusión de vena central de la retina; Ovary tumour; Protein S; Proteína S; Síndrome de Trousseau; Trousseau syndrome; Tumor de ovario