Stroke associated with glioblastoma.
Several months after onset of typical stroke syndromes, two patients were found to harbor a glioblastoma multiforme in the area of infarction. Arteriographic and late CT studies suggested that one neoplasm caused parenchymal compressive occlusion of a sylvian branch mimicking embolism and the other entwined the origin of the middle cerebral artery in the leptomeninges simulating atherothrombosis.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed