Mechanical thrombectomy for repeated cerebral tumor embolism from a thoracic sarcomatoid carcinoma.
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Date publication
août 2017
Journal
BMJ case reports
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr LINDNER Véronique
Tous les auteurs :
Pop R, Mihoc D, Manisor M, Richter JS, Lindner V, Janssen-Langenstein R, Simu M, Wolff V, Beaujeux R
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
Cerebral embolism originating from intracardiac tumors represents a rare cause of stroke and has been documented in both adult and pediatric populations. We present a patient recently diagnosed with a right pulmonary hilum tumor, invading the pulmonary veins and the left atrium. Two consecutive episodes of large cerebral vessel occlusion in separate vascular territories occurred in the same day and were treated by mechanical thrombectomy. Embolic material retrieved on both occasions contained tumor fragments with peripheral endothelialization. To our knowledge, this is the first report with histological confirmation of cerebral embolism from an invasive extracardiac tumor.
Mots clés
stroke, thrombectomy, tumor
Référence
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug;2017: