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ArticleBMC neurology2014

Co-occurrence of multiple cerebral infarctions due to hypercoagulability associated with malignancy and meningeal carcinomatosis as the initial manifestation of gastric cancer.

Akiko Kawasaki, Keisuke Suzuki, Hidehiro Takekawa, Toshiki Nakamura, Masanari Yamamoto, Yohei Asakawa, Madoka Okamura, Koichi Hirata

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Article in BMC neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Akiko Kawasaki
Keisuke SuzukiDepartment of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga 321-0293, Tochigi, Japan. keisuke@dokkyomed.ac.jp.
Hidehiro Takekawa
Toshiki Nakamura
Masanari Yamamoto
Yohei Asakawa
Madoka Okamura
Koichi Hirata
Dokkyo Medical University · JPSaiseikai Wakakusa Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMeningeal carcinomatosis and hypercoagulability associated with malignancy are typical late stage complications in cancer patients. The co-occurrence of meningeal carcinomatosis and cerebral infarction related to hypercoagulability associated with malignancy in an individual as the initial manifestation of malignancy has not been previously reported. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we report the case of an 80-year-old patient who presented with meningeal carcinomatosis and hypercoagulability related to malignancy as the initial manifestation of occult gastric cancer. The patient displayed consciousness disturbance, mild left facial paralysis, and bilateral positive Babinski's sign. Using brain magnetic resonance imaging, the patient was diagnosed as having acute multiple cerebral infarctions. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed adenocarcinoma and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy disclosed scirrhous gastric cancer. The patient presented with headache, fever, and meningeal irritation with a subacute course. Tuberculous or fungal meningitis was initially suspected; however, cytological evidence of adenocarcinoma in the CSF led to the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis.

conclusionThe comorbidity of hypercoagulability associated with malignancy and meningeal carcinomatosis should be considered in a patient presenting with multiple cerebral infarctions, progressive disturbance of consciousness, fever, and meningeal irritation.

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AdenocarcinomaAged, 80 and overCerebral InfarctionHumansMeningeal CarcinomatosisStomach NeoplasmsThrombophilia

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PMID25103421
PMCPMC4131164
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