La Revue de médecine interne
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Review Case Reports
[Blue toe syndrome as an initial manifestation of metastatic prostate cancer : A case report with literature review].
Cutaneous and vascular manifestations of cancer are numerous. Among paraneoplastic acral vascular syndrome, we report a case of blue toe syndrome as the first manifestation of a prostate cancer following with analysis of this syndrome according literature. ⋯ The revelation of a prostate cancer with bone metastases by a blue toe syndrome is a rare situation. In a patient with a blue toe syndrome with no obvious clinical or biological abnormality, especially atheromatous, investigations should include a search for cancer, which can be revealed by blue toes.
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Colchicine poisoning is a life-threatening intoxication. ⋯ Physicians have to be vigilant in case of dysenteric syndrome and biological disturbances in spring and look for the consumption of perennial plant preceding symptoms.