The pathological condition which causes cerebrovascular disease through hypercoagulability associated with malignant tumors is known as Trousseau syndrome. Here, we report the case of a patient with Trousseau syndrome which developed as a complication during chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. A 70-year-old woman with multiple lymph node metastases of gastric cancer underwent TS-1 plus CDDP chemotherapy before surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn 80-year-old woman with peritoneal dissemination after laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for appendicular carcinoma (mucinous adenocarcinoma, pT4aN1M0, stage Ⅲa)underwent CapeOX plus bevacizumab chemotherapy. The patient achieved stable disease over 5 courses of the treatment. Subjective and objective symptoms were not observed; however, chest computed tomography findings revealed a thrombus in the pulmonary artery that was considered to be associated with bevacizumab.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring treatment for sigmoid colon diverticulitis, a 72-year-old man underwent abdominal computed tomography, which revealed a gastric tumor that was approximately 40mm in diameter. He then underwent a detailed examination after the remission of diverticulitis. The gastric mucosa was found to be unremarkable on gastrointestinal endoscopy.
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