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Venous Diseases in Malignancy

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Malignancy is known to induce a hypercoagulable state and literature evidence has long supported that a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality in patients with a known malignancy is attributable to thromboembolic events. A high incidence of venous and, to a lesser extent, arterial thrombosis is observed and in several instances a thromboembolic event such as deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism may be the presenting event that leads to unmasking an underlying malignancy. This dates back to Trousseau’s astute description in 1860s of migratory thrombophlebitis harboring an occult malignancy [1].

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