La Revue de médecine interne
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Pancreatic cancer is responsible for 6,000 deaths per year in France. During the course of the disease, venous thrombosis is common. Conversely, arterial thrombosis is rarely described. ⋯ Splenic venous thrombosis is a frequent complication occurring in the course of pancreatic cancer. It is easily diagnosed using abdominal computerized tomography. Arterial thrombosis is rarely observed. It might be due to either sporadic, unexpected, occurrence of cases related to the evolution of underlying pathological mechanisms, or to omitted treatment of vascular complications, as until the introduction of new anticancer drugs this disease was considered to be of very poor prognosis.
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Thyreotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) has mainly been described in Asian people. It is rare in Caucasians, and only 12 cases were reported in Blacks. ⋯ Whatever the patient's race, acute paralysis with hypokalemia requires testing for hyperthyroidism, even in the absence of suggestive clinical signs.