Acute Ischemic Stroke Caused by Primary Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma with Extension to the Left Atrium.
- Author:
In Sung CHOO
1
;
Hyun Jin LEE
;
Dong Uk KIM
;
Hoo Won KIM
;
Jin Ho KIM
;
Seong Hwan AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. shahn@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cerebral infarction;
Lung neoplasm;
Adenocarcinoma
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Cerebral Infarction;
Heart Atria;
Intracranial Embolism;
Lung Neoplasms;
Pulmonary Veins;
Stroke;
Thrombophilia
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2011;29(4):361-364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Malignancy-related cerebral embolism, which is generally attributed to hypercoagulability, is an uncommon cause of ischemic stroke. However, ischemic stroke developed with intracardiac extension of lung cancer has rarely been reported. We report a case of acute embolic stroke caused by pulmonary adenocarcinoma that invaded the right inferior pulmonary vein and extended into the left atrium. Microembolism developing as a result of lung cancer may have been the cause of stroke in this case.
