[Pulmonary venous thrombosis and neoplasia related cerebrovascular ischaemic events]

I Sibon; G Baudouin; J M Orgogozo

doi:10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70931-5

[Pulmonary venous thrombosis and neoplasia related cerebrovascular ischaemic events]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2004 Apr;160(4 Pt 1):462-4. doi: 10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70931-5.

[Article in French]

Authors

I Sibon¹, G Baudouin, J M Orgogozo

Affiliation

¹ Fédération de Neurosciences Cliniques, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux. [email protected]

PMID: 15103274
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70931-5

Abstract

Stroke in patients with malignant tumor are associated with various aetiologies. We report a case of lung adnocarcinoma with pulmonary vein thrombosis appending into the left atrial revealed by multiple cerebral infarcts.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications*
Aged
Brain Ischemia / etiology*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Male
Pulmonary Embolism / complications*