Acute Cerebral Artery Occlusion by Direct Tumor Embolus
- Author:
Dong Kun LEE
1
;
Min A LEE
;
Byoung Wook HWANG
;
Chang Ju LEE
;
Sung-Chul LIM
;
Sang Woo HA
;
Seong Hwan AHN
Author Information
- Publication Type:증례
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2021;39(1):30-33
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: In acute stroke, emboli are mostly composed of thrombi from artery, cardiac chamber, valve and vein. Non-thrombotic emboli are sometimes difficult to identify the origin. According to the increased number of cancer patients, now 10% of stroke patients have a cancer. However, the potential mechanisms of stroke in patients with cancer are various. We presented a case of serious acute arterial occlusion with a tumor embolus, which was revealed by histopathologic analysis of retrieved emboli during mechanical thrombectomy.
