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- Cerebral embolism caused by tumors inside the heart is an uncommon cause of strokes in both adults and children.
- A patient with a right pulmonary hilum tumor that spread to the pulmonary veins and left atrium experienced two large vessel blockages in the brain on the same day.
- The embolic material collected during treatment revealed tumor fragments and is the first case to confirm cerebral embolism from an invasive tumor outside the heart through histology.
Article Abstract
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.
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