CEREBRAL INFARCTION DUE TO A SPONTANEOUS TUMOR EMBOLUS FROM LUNG-CANCER

Authors
IMAIZUMI K MURATE T OHNO J SHIMOKATA K
Citation
K. Imaizumi et al., CEREBRAL INFARCTION DUE TO A SPONTANEOUS TUMOR EMBOLUS FROM LUNG-CANCER, Respiration, 62(3), 1995, pp. 155-156
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
155 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1995)62:3<155:CIDTAS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A cerebral infarction of the left occipital lobe developed in a 65-yea r-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung. Neurological examinations and brain CT showed findings typical of ordinary infarct ion. Postmortem examination revealed a tumor embolus within the poster ior cerebral artery. Such spontaneous tumor emboli large enough to obs truct a larger-sized artery are rare.