Trousseau syndrome

Trousseau
syndrome • Trousseau syndrome - gallbladder carcinoma presenting with bilateral lower limb migratory deep vein thrombosis and superficial thrombophlebitis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Trousseau
syndrome • Trousseau syndrome - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Trousseau syndrome (not to be confused with Trousseau sign) represents the association between migratory thrombophlebitis and malignancy, particularly mucin-producing tumors; hence one of its other names: cancer-associated thromboembolism .
History and etymology
Armand Trousseau (1801-1867), was a French physician who was the first to describe this association. Ironically he observed this exact phenomenon in himself in his upper limb prior to being diagnosed with gastric carcinoma .
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