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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2015; 21(34): 10049-10053
Published online Sep 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i34.10049
Published online Sep 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i34.10049
Trousseau’s syndrome in a patient with advanced stage gastric cancer
Tai-Long Chien, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pin-Tung An-Tai Hospital, Pintung County 92842, Taiwan
Kung-Ming Rau, Chia-Che Wu, Yen-Hao Chen, Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
Wen-Jung Chung, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
Wei-Chen Tai, Yi-Chun Chiu, Keng-Liang Wu, Yeh-Pin Chou, Seng-Kee Chuah, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
Shih-Ho Wang, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
Author contributions: Chien TL wrote the paper; Chung WJ, Tai WC, Chiu YC, Wu KL, Chou YP, Wu CC, Chen YH and Chuah SK designed the concept, drafted the article and revised it; Rau KM and Wang SH designed the concept and finally approved the paper.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by both the Institutional Review Board and Ethics Committee of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (IRB104-0636B).
Informed consent statement: The Ethics Committee waived the requirement for informed consent, and each patient’s medical records was anonymized and de-identified prior to access.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Shih-Ho Wang, Division of General Surgery and Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan. ndmcm81@yahoo.com.tw
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Received: March 3, 2015
Peer-review started: March 5, 2015
First decision: April 24, 2015
Revised: May 9, 2015
Accepted: July 3, 2015
Article in press: July 3, 2015
Published online: September 14, 2015
Peer-review started: March 5, 2015
First decision: April 24, 2015
Revised: May 9, 2015
Accepted: July 3, 2015
Article in press: July 3, 2015
Published online: September 14, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Patients with cancer are at high risk for thrombotic events, which are collectively known as Trousseau’s syndrome. This case report reviews arterial thrombotic events that occurred in a patient with gastric cancer. An unexplained thrombotic event might be one of the initial presentations of occult malignancy, and thus, thromboprophylaxis should always be considered.