%0 Journal Article %T Tromboembolismo venoso e cancer colorretal: um desafio para o cirurgi£¿o. Relato de caso e revis£¿o de literatura %A Leite %A Sinara M£¿nica de Oliveira %A Maia J¨²nior %A Cleber Lu¨ªz Scheidegger %A Silveira %A Alexandre Miranda %J Revista Brasileira de Coloproctologia %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0101-98802011000200012 %X venous thromboembolic disease is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with cancer. patients have a 5-6 fold increase in the risk for a venous thromboembolism compared with the general population. colorectal surgery in these patients implies a specific high risk for postoperative thromboembolic complications. this article reports a case of a 46 years old patient with colorectal cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis developing thromboembolic complications, and literature review. %K venous thromboembolism %K colorectal cancer %K intestine surgery %K thrombophlebitis. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-98802011000200012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en