Acute Ischemic Stroke Caused by Primary Pulmonary
Adenocarcinoma with Extension to the Left Atrium

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 29(4); 2011 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2011;29(4): 361-364.

좌심방까지 진행된 원발폐선암종에 의해 발생한 급성 뇌경색

추인성, 이현진 김동욱 김후원 김진호 안성환

조선대학교 의학전문대학원 신경과학교실

Acute Ischemic Stroke Caused by Primary Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma with Extension to the Left Atrium

In Sung Choo

Department of Neurology, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea

Abstract

Malignancy-related cerebral embolism, which is generally attributed to hypercoagulability, is an uncommon cause of ischemic stroke. However, ischemic stroke developed with intracardiac extension of lung cancer has rarely been reported. We report a case of acute embolic stroke caused by pulmonary adenocarcinoma that invaded the right inferior pulmonary vein and extended into the left atrium. Microembolism developing as a result of lung cancer may have been the cause of stroke in this case. Key Words: Cerebral infarction, Lung neoplasm, Adenocarcinoma