title: Cerebral infarction due to a spontaneous tumor embolus from lung cancer.
abstract: A cerebral infarction of the left occipital lobe developed in a 65-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung. Neurological examinations and brain CT showed findings typical of ordinary infarction. Postmortem examination revealed a tumor embolus within the posterior cerebral artery. Such spontaneous tumor emboli large enough to obstruct a larger-sized artery are rare.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Department, Meitetsu Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murate
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimokata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed