title: Cerebrovascular complications of mucinous cancers.
abstract: Six patients with mucinous cancer (2 colonic, 2 pancreatic, and 2 pulmonary origin) had necropsy evidence of thrombosis of large and small systemic, extracranial, and intracranial arteries and veins, and multiple cerebral infarcts and small hemorrhages. On microscopic examination, we found small infarcts and hemorrhages within the brain and mucin within vessels, macrophages, and in areas of infarction. The clinical picture included strokes and encephalopathy. Mucin-producing cancers can be associated with a coagulopathy that causes extensive occlusive vascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Michael Reese Hospital, University of Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amico
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Caplan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009077:Mucins / Q000032:analysis; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins