DWI Lesion Patterns in Cancer-Related Stroke - Specifying the Phenotype

Conclusion: When excluding competing embolic and nonembolic stroke etiologies, the pattern of scattered DWI lesions in multiple vascular supply territories strongly dominates the phenotype of cancer-related stroke. Additionally, evidence of recurrent infarction is frequent in this cohort of patients. This is not only important for the diagnosis of cancer-related stroke itself but may prove helpful for the identification of cancer-related stroke patients with unknown malignancy at the time of stroke manifestation and evaluation of strategies for secondary prevention.Cerebrovasc Dis Extra 2015;5:139-145
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra - Category: Neurology Source Type: research