Internal carotid artery occlusion in a patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: Is it a sign of malignancy-related thrombosis?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-267

  Üstündaǧ, Yücel ^a,c   Can, Ufuk ^a   Benli, Sibel ^a   Büyükasik, Yahya ^b   Özbek, Namik ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ceren Apt ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Internal carotid artery occlusion; Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma; Platelet hyperaggregation.; Splenectomy; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0343091560     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40742-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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