Digital gangrene in small cell lung cancer: response to aspirin treatment.

Abstract	A patient who had small cell lung cancer complicated by symmetrical peripheral gangrene, secondary to spontaneous platelet aggregation, improved dramatically after starting aspirin treatment.
Authors	J E Arrowsmith, M A Woodhead, D H Bevan, E M Nanson, A R Cummin
Journal	Thorax (Thorax) Vol. 46 Issue 1 Pg. 63-4 (Jan 1991) ISSN: 0040-6376 [Print] England
PMID	1651564 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References	Aspirin
Topics	Aspirin (pharmacology, therapeutic use) Blood Platelet Disorders (drug therapy, etiology) Carcinoma, Small Cell (complications) Fingers (pathology) Gangrene Humans Lung Neoplasms (complications) Male Middle Aged Platelet Aggregation (drug effects)

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