ArticleJournal of neurosurgery. Case lessons2024
Aortogenic calcified cerebral embolism diagnosed with an embolus retrieved by thrombectomy: illustrative case.
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- Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Calcified Cerebral Emboli: a Systematic Review.Clinical neuroradiology · 2026Pooled it
- Middle cerebral artery occlusion due to paradoxical embolism diagnosed by pulmonary artery thrombosis in the absence of deep vein thrombosis: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Peri-procedural recognition of a calcified cerebral embolus following mechanical thrombectomy: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Retrieval of an atherosclerotic plaque-vessel wall complex during mechanical thrombectomy: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Development, characterization, and curve fitting of rate-dependent models of calcified cerebral embolus analogs for acute ischemic stroke.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCalcified cerebral embolism has been reported as a cause of acute cerebral infarction, but an aortogenic origin has rarely been identified as the embolic source. The authors describe a case of aortogenic calcified cerebral embolism in a patient with other embolic sources. OBSERVATIONS: In a patient with cerebral infarction and atrial fibrillation, a white hard embolus was retrieved by mechanical thrombectomy. Pathological analysis of the embolus revealed that it was mostly calcified, with some foam cells and giant cells. The macroscopic and pathological findings allowed the authors to finally diagnose an aortogenic calcified cerebral embolism. LESSONS: Even in patients with cardiogenic embolic sources, it is possible to identify a complex aortic atheroma with calcification as the embolic source, based on the macroscopic and pathological findings of the embolus retrieved by mechanical thrombectomy.
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