Phlebologie 2018; 47(03): 133-136
DOI: 10.12687/phleb2402-3-2018
Kasuistiken – Case reports
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Fulminant course of a Trousseau syndrome

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T. Silber
1   Universitäts-Hautklinik Tübingen
,
K. Schweinzer
1   Universitäts-Hautklinik Tübingen
,
A. Strölin
1   Universitäts-Hautklinik Tübingen
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Publication History

Eingereicht: 09 November 2017

Angenommen: 16 March 2018

Publication Date:
21 May 2018 (online)

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Summary

The Trousseau syndrome is a clinical challenge and can be multi-faceted and often fulminant. We report a clinical case of a patient who initially presented with a thrombophlebitis saltans in our outpatient clinic. The further clinical course was dramatic and rapidly progressive in arterial and venous thrombosis and possible paradoxical embolisms. In staging, there was an urgent suspicion of the presence of metastatic cervical carcinoma. With continued rapid clinical worsening with progressive reduction of vigilance in recurrent thromboembolic events, persistent anuria and progression of ischemic areas, it was decided not to continue with the medical treatment given the severe and complex disease pattern. In a synopsis of the clinic and the diagnostic apparatus, we diagnosed a Trousseau syndrome. The patient died 15 days after the first presentation in our angiological consultation. In atypical clinic with recurrent episodic or foudroyant thrombophlebitis, venous and arterial thrombosis or thromboembolisms should be thought of paraneoplastic events and a malignant underlying disease secured or excluded.