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Trousseau syndrome due to pleural mesothelioma
Hideaki Matsui1, Kazuto Nishinaka, Masaya Oda
1Department of Neurology, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan. matsui-hideaki@sumitomo-hp.or.jp
Background:
Thrombosis involving a brain infarction frequently occurs in patients with a malignant tumor. Although nearly all types of tumor have been reported in association with a hypercoagulable state, pleural mesothelioma-associated Trousseau syndrome is extremely rare.
Summary:
A 69-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with cough, sputum, and breathing difficulties. She was diagnosed as having a mesothelioma from a percutaneous pleural biopsy. Although there were no risk factors for atherosclerosis, brain infarctions showed frequent relapses, even under anticoagulant therapy, and there was a marked hypercoagulable state.
Conclusion:
Attention should be paid to this syndrome when unexplained brain infarctions occur in patients with pleural mesothelioma.
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