Angiology: Open Access
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ISSN: 2329-9495
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ISSN: 2329-9495
+44 1478 350008
Case Report
Superficial Thrombophlebitis Associated To Hepatocarcinoma: An Exuberant Manifestation
Author(s): Marcia Ramos-e-Silva
Marcia Ramos-e-Silva
The authors present a case of an elderly female with thrombophlebitis that led to the search for malignancy. A hepatocarcinoma was found, thus permitting its early diagnosis and probably the beginning of therapy long before it would present any symptom. Thrombophlebitis may represent an alert to an internal neoplasia, being considered a paraneoplasia, and all physicians must be acquainted with this association.
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DOI:
10.4172/2329-9495.1000141