Key result
LV lung cancer metastasis causes cerebral embolism and subsequent metastases at the infarct site.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report demonstrates a rare instance of cerebral embolism caused by a left ventricular metastatic tumor in a patient with lung cancer.
Alerts clinicians to possible tumor embolism from cardiac metastases in lung cancer; leaves open whether targeted cardiac evaluation alters outcomes.
Cerebral embolism caused by a left cardiac ventricle metastatic tumor A 71-year-old man with metastatic lung cancer was admitted to our hospital, complaining of sudden onset of severe weakness of his arm and speech disturbance.He had been treated with 5-fluorouracil and was completely independent in his daily life.MRI revealed multiple infarctions within the left hemisphere (figure).Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mobile mass.Three months later, follow-up CT revealed multiple metastases at the infarct region.
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Yagita et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Cerebral embolism (n=1). Left cardiac ventricle metastatic tumor was evaluated on Cerebral embolism and subsequent metastases. A left cardiac ventricle metastatic tumor in a 71-year-old man with lung cancer caused a cerebral embolism, leading to multiple metastases at the infarct region 3 months later.
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