[Cerebral embolism as the first manifestation of left ventricular metastatic bronchial carcinoma].

Commonly the diagnosis of cardiac metastases in extracardiac cancer is difficult because of predominant symptoms of the underlying disease. In the reported case, a cerebral embolization was the first manifestation of a bronchogenic carcinoma with left ventricular metastasis. A 58-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of an incomplete left-sided hemiparesis that occurred without prodromi.