Key result
Autopsy links metastatic cardiac liposarcoma to cardioembolic stroke via tumor cell and fibrin clot occlusion.
Why the study?
Cardioembolic stroke due to tumor emboli is a rare complication of neoplasm requiring further clinical awareness.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights that cardioembolic stroke due to tumor emboli, while rare, can occur in patients with metastatic cardiac liposarcoma.
Consider tumor emboli in cardioembolic stroke with cardiac tumors; case report leaves open questions on incidence and prevention.
Cardioembolic stroke due to tumor emboli is a rare complication of neoplasm. A patient with metastatic cardiac liposarcoma who suffered from embolic stroke is reported. Autopsy confirmed that the cardiac tumor was a metastatic liposarcoma from the retroperitoneum, and the cerebral vessel was occluded by tumor cells and fibrin clot.
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Mitomi et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Metastatic cardiac liposarcoma with embolic stroke (n=1). Metastatic cardiac liposarcoma was evaluated on Autopsy findings of cerebral vessel occlusion. Autopsy confirmed that a cardioembolic stroke in a 71-year-old man with metastatic cardiac liposarcoma was caused by cerebral vessel occlusion from tumor cells and a fibrin clot.
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