Francois-Xavier Borruat Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Retinal hemorrhages, Systematic fundus
Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Francois-Xavier Borruat was working in the Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. He has more than 40 publications. His current research area related to oncology.
Clinical Image Open Access
Author(s): Valeria Kheir and Francois-Xavier Borruat
Trousseau’s syndrome is a paraneoplastic disorder characterized by a hypercoagulable state inducing either migratory superficial thrombophlebitis or arterial emboli from a nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis. Cotton wool spots (CWS) are usually asymptomatic and represent small areas of retinal infarction. A 69 year-old man was investigated for multiple cerebral and cerebellar thromboembolic events and was found to harbour a metastatic view more»