Key result
A 31-year-old man developed a major right hemispheric infarct from a tumor embolus occluding the right internal carotid artery within 48 hours of lung resection for metastatic synovial-cell sarcoma.
Case Report (n=1)
Major stroke from cerebral tumor embolus should be considered in patients with lung cancer following recent pneumonectomy.
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Merits consideration of tumor embolus in post-pneumonectomy stroke; case report leaves open need for validation.
Lefkovitz et al. (1986) conducted a case report in Major cerebral infarction from tumor embolus (n=1). Tumor embolus post-pneumonectomy was evaluated on Major right hemispheric infarct. A 31-year-old man developed a major right hemispheric infarct from a tumor embolus occluding the right internal carotid artery within 48 hours of lung resection for metastatic synovial-cell sarcoma.
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