Transesophageal Echocardiographically-Confirmed Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in Association with Posterior Circulation Infarction.
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Kinsella, Justin AMaccarthy, Allan J
Kiernan, Thomas J
Moore, David P
McDermott, Raymond S
McCabe, Dominick J H
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Department of Neurology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.Issue Date
2010
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Transesophageal Echocardiographically-Confirmed Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in Association with Posterior Circulation Infarction. 2010, 2 (1):24-31 Case Rep NeurolPublisher
Case reports in neurologyJournal
Case reports in neurologyDOI
10.1159/000313599PubMed ID
20689631Abstract
Pulmonary venous thromboembolism has only been identified as a cause of stroke with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations/fistulae, pulmonary neoplasia, transplantation or lobectomy, and following percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary vein ostia in patients with atrial fibrillation. A 59-year-old man presented with a posterior circulation ischemic stroke. 'Unheralded' pulmonary vein thrombosis was identified on transesophageal echocardiography as the likely etiology. He had no further cerebrovascular events after intensifying antithrombotic therapy. Twenty-eight months after initial presentation, he was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma and died 3 months later. This report illustrates the importance of doing transesophageal echocardiography in presumed 'cardioembolic' stroke, and that potential 'pulmonary venous thromboembolic' stroke may occur in patients without traditional risk factors for venous thromboembolism. Consideration should be given to screening such patients for occult malignancy.Item Type
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1662-680Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1159/000313599
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