Article1 April 1951PROGNOSIS IN IDIOPATHIC THOMBOPHLEBITISROBERT F. ACKERMAN, M.D., J. EARLE ESTES, M.D.ROBERT F. ACKERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. EARLE ESTES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-4-902 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThrombophlebitis is recognized not only as a syndrome per se, but also as a signal that some basic pathologic state may exist elsewhere in the body of the person afflicted. That an episode of thrombophlebitis may be associated with some systemic illness has been stressed by Trousseau,1Cooper and Barker,2Barker,3and Thompson.4Cooper and Barker and Thompson have emphasized the association of thrombophlebitis with malignant tumors. It has been stated that carcinoma of the pancreas is particularly prone to be related with episodes of thrombophlebitis. However, malignant tumors of the pelvis, retroperitoneal space, stomach, lung and breast also have...Bibliography1. Trousseau A: Quoted by Thompson.4 Google Scholar2. CooperBarker TNW: Recurrent venous thrombosis: an early complication of obscure visceral carcinoma, Minnesota Med. 27: 31-36, 1944. Google Scholar3. Barker NW: Thrombophlebitis complicating infectious and systemic diseases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 11: 513-517, 1936. Google Scholar4. Thompson AP: Thrombosis of the peripheral veins in visceral cancer, Clin. J. 67: 137-140, 1938. Google Scholar5. Briggs JB: Recurring phlebitis of obscure origin, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 16: 228-233, 1905. Google Scholar6. Barker NW: Primary idiopathic thrombophlebitis, Arch. Int. Med. 58: 147-159, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Fischer EH: Thrombophlebitis migrans, J. Kansas M. Soc. 47: 245-249, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. AllenBarkerHines EVNWEA: Peripheral vascular diseases, 1946, W. B. Saunders Company, pp. 585-649. Google Scholar9. Harkavy J: Tobacco sensitiveness in thromboangiitis obliterans, migrating phlebitis and coronary artery disease, (Abstr.) Bull. New York Acad. Med. 9: 318-322, 1933. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Received for publication November 11, 1949.From the Mayo Foundation and the Division of Medicine of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVenous Thrombosis and Cancer: What Would Dr. Trousseau Teach Today?Geno J. Merli, MD and Howard H. Weitz, MDDisorders of the Haemostatic System in Patients with Solid Malignancies, with Special Regard to Venous ThromboembolismDisorders of hemostatic system in patients with malignant disease, especially in view of venous thromboembolismThrombosis and CancerMalignancy, thrombosis and Trousseau: the case for an eponymVenous Thromboembolism and Occult MalignancyIdiopathic Thromboembolism as the Presenting Sign of Occult Prostate CancerDeep Vein Thrombosis as a Predictor of CancerOccult Cancer in Patients With Acute Pulmonary EmbolismDeep Vein Thrombosis and Occult CancerDeep-Vein Thrombosis and the Incidence of Subsequent Symptomatic CancerAcute and subacute deep vein thrombosis in the lower limbOccult cancer in patients with deep venous thrombosis. A systematic approachSuperficial thrombophlebitis II. Secondary hypercoagulable statesIdiopathic deep vein thrombosis in an apparently healthy patient as a premonitory sign of occult cancerFever, hepatic lesions and ascitesThrombophlebitis and CancerPulmonary Embolism in Active Duty ServicemenThe incidence of thromboembolism in Enovid usersCor pulmonaleKrankheiten der GefäßeCor pulmonaleTheory and Practice in Acute Venous ThrombosisCase 43211Pulmonary Embolism 1 April 1951Volume 34, Issue 4Page: 902-910KeywordsLungsMalignant tumorsPancreasPelvisStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...