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ArticleCase reports in neurology2014

Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for an ischemic stroke with occult double primary cancer.

Yukihiro Yoneda, Akira Fukuda, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Natsuhi Sasaki, Masahiko Ohta, Yasufumi Kageyama

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Article in Case reports in neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yukihiro YonedaDivision of Neurology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki City, Japan.
Akira FukudaDivision of Neurology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki City, Japan.
Tomohiro YamazakiDivision of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki City, Japan.
Natsuhi SasakiNeurosurgery, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki City, Japan.
Masahiko OhtaDivision of Neurology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki City, Japan.
Yasufumi KageyamaDivision of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki City, Japan.
Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn patients with advanced-stage cancer, systemic thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for hyperacute ischemic stroke is not strictly off-label, but it is at higher risk of complications (including bleeding). CASE REPORT: A 71-year-old male with unrecognizable malignancy developed a hemispheric ischemic stroke and received intra-venous tPA within 4.5 h of onset, followed by anticoagulation treatment after 24 h of throm-bolysis. Two days later, the patient had tarry stool and progressive anemia, receiving a blood transfusion. The systemic workup documented the presence of double primary cancers with advanced stage gastric and rectal cancers, and the patient subsequently received palliative care. The outcome at 3 months was a modified Rankin Scale of 5, and the patient died 6 months after the stroke. DISCUSSION: Although systemic thrombolysis with tPA for ischemic stroke in patients with advanced-stage cancer may be performed relatively safely, optimal post-thrombolysis management is important to prevent the complications.

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CancerIschemic strokeStrokeThrombolysis

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