Abstract
A 41-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of a cancer-related stroke (CRS) caused by a thrombus of the extracranial carotid artery. He had undergone neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma. The serum D-dimer values were within the normal range. We treated him with intravenous unfractionated heparin followed by warfarin. There were no recurrent stroke events over six months. The leading cause of a CRS is an embolism caused by hypercoagulopathy, mainly represented by non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis. However, it was unusual that, in the current case, a thrombus of the extracranial carotid artery was formed with no significant residual stenosis, thus resulting in an artery-toartery embolism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1497-1499 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Internal Medicine |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Acute stroke
- Cancer
- Carotid ultrasound
- Chemotherapy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine