A Case of Cerebral Infarction Caused by Tumor Emboli from the Site of.
10.4070/kcj.1999.29.7.731
- Author:
Eui Chang HWANG
;
Sen LYU
;
In Ho KIM
;
Hyun Jong PARK
;
Nam Young KANG
;
Myung Yong LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tumor embolism;
Cerebral infarction;
Lung cancer
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Adult;
Brain;
Cerebral Infarction*;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Embolism;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating;
Neurologic Examination
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1999;29(7):731-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Multiple cerebral infarction developed in a 36-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma of the right lung with direct cardiac invasion. Neurological examination and brain MRI showed findings of ordinary infarction. Transesophageal echocardiography showed left atrial pedunculated mass which was the potential source of embolism. We report a rare case who had such multiple spontaneous tumor emboli large enough to result in clinically detectable cerebral infarction.
