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EGFR-mutant NSCLC presenting with stroke and massive systemic embolization as the first manifestation: case report.
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BMC Neurology . 6/9/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Presentation with massive systemic embolization as the initial manifestation of occult malignancy is infrequent. The standard management of cancer-related arterial thromboembolism has not yet been established.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>We described a case of Trousseau's syndrome resulting in acute ischemic stroke concomitant with multiple embolizations in the spleen and kidney during oral administration of dabigatran for pulmonary embolism preceding the diagnosis of a malignant tumor. A cancer-related hypercoagulable state was suspected because the patient was admitted to the neurology department due to acute ischemic stroke with three territory infarcts on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the absence of identifiable conventional risk factors and brain vessel narrowing. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (stage IV) with pleural metastasis. Administration of low-molecular-weight heparin followed by long-term dabigatran under effective cancer therapy comprising gefitinib and subsequent chemotherapy did not cause stroke relapse during the 1-year follow-up.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>This case suggests that cancer-related hypercoagulability should be considered an important etiology for stroke patients who develop unexplained disseminated acute cerebral infarction without conventional stroke risk factors, especially concomitant with multiple organ embolization. Novel oral anticoagulants may be an alternative therapy for the long-term management of cancer-related arterial thromboembolism under effective cancer therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *CEREBRAL infarction
*STROKE
*ISCHEMIC stroke
*EPIDERMAL growth factor receptors
*NON-small-cell lung carcinoma
*DIFFUSION magnetic resonance imaging
*LUNG cancer complications
*LUNG cancer diagnosis
*LUNG tumors
*CELL receptors
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*ANTICOAGULANTS
*EMBOLISMS
*CEREBRAL ischemia
*DISEASE complications
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712377
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150793224
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02236-2