Marantic endocarditis: incidental infarcts leading to diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
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Marantic Endocarditis Associated with Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Series
Marantic endocarditis, otherwise known as nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), is a well-documented phenomenon due to hypercoagulability from an underlying cause. It has been associated with a variety of inflammatory states including malignancy. Surprisingly, although hypercoagulability is often seen in patients with pancreatic cancer, marantic endocarditis has rarely been reported ante...
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متن کاملLeading article Inherited predisposition to pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in men and women in Europe and North America. The prognosis has not changed significantly despite improvements in diagnosis and perioperative management. Traditional chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimens have been rather ineVective in providing control of the disease. The only consistent risk factor identified so far is smoking ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224529