Trousseau's syndrome manifesting as multiple cerebral infarctions caused by bladder cancer

Takashi Ando; Kazuhiro Watanabe; Ryo Nakayama; Takaki Mizusawa; Takeshi Sakai; Akiyoshi Katagiri

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100884

Trousseau's syndrome manifesting as multiple cerebral infarctions caused by bladder cancer

Urol Case Rep. 2019 Mar 27:24:100884. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100884. eCollection 2019 May.

Authors

Takashi Ando¹, Kazuhiro Watanabe¹, Ryo Nakayama¹, Takaki Mizusawa¹, Takeshi Sakai², Akiyoshi Katagiri¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Shinnancho 205, Jouetsushi, Niigata, 943-0192, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Shinnancho 205, Jouetsushi, Niigata, 943-0192, Japan.

Abstract

Cerebral infarction in patients with cancer is often called Trousseau's syndrome, which is a cancer-associated hypercoagulative state that causes thrombosis; however, the syndrome is rarely caused by bladder cancer. We report a case of Trousseau's syndrome manifesting as multiple cerebral infarctions caused by advanced bladder cancer in a 46-year-old male patient. The patient died due to the infarctions in the hospital. The prognosis of patients with Trousseau's syndrome caused by advanced cancer is poor. According to changing urological clinical settings, considering the risk of Trousseau's syndrome has become crucial for urologists treating patients with advanced cancer.

Keywords: Bladder cancer; Cerebral infarction; Trousseau's syndrome; Urothelial cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports