Migratory thrombophlebitis is associated with the following malignancies except -

Ans. is None or 'b' i.e., Prostate cancer "Multifocal migratory thrombophlebitis has been associated with numerous malignancies especially in patients younger than 50 years of age. It is most commonly found with GI cancer, but also lung, prostate, ovary, as well as leukemias and lymphomas. It may be related to hypercoagulable state associated with advanced cancer. Specific syndrome of a cordlike thrombophlebitis of anterior chest (Mondor's disease) may be associated with breast cancer."- Devita's Oncology Migratory thromobophlebitis In ceain cancers hypercoagulability occurs as a paraneoplastic syndrome. The resultant venous thrombosis have a tendency to appear in one site, only to disappear and to be followed by thrombosis in other veins. This is called migratory thrombophlebitis (Trousseau sign).