Cancer is one of the conditions in which there is a systemic predisposition to venous thrombosis.
Cancer of the prostate occasionally metastasizes to the brain without ever forming metastases in the liver or lungs. A 39 year old woman was asked to return to see her gynecologist because the PAP test done at the time of her last appointment had shown cells suspicious for malignancy. On vaginal examination the mucosa of the cervix near the os appeared somewhat rougher and more red in color than the surrounding pink epithelium. Biopsies were taken from 4 quadrants of the cervix close to the endocervix. All had the appearance of the following picture.