Trousseau's Syndrome Associated with Pancreatic Cancer

Abstract

Trousseau's syndrome is defined as any unexplained thrombotic event that precedes the diagnosis of an occult visceral malignancy or appears concomitantly with a tumor. The high incidence of thromboembolic disease in patients with advanced pancreatic carcinoma has been well reported. We report a case of Trousseau's syndrome in a 64-year-old man with pancreatic head cancer, presenting with acute ischemic stroke one week following pancreaticoduodenectomy. The patient was promptly treated with low-molecular-weight heparin without recurrence of thromboembolic events during follow-up.

Keywords

• ischemic stroke
• Trousseau's syndrome
• pancreatic cancer
• thrombosis