A Case of Stroke due to Tumor Emboli Associated with Metastatic Cardiac Liposarcoma

Abstract

Cardioembolic stroke due to tumor emboli is a rare complication of neoplasm. A patient with metastatic cardiac liposarcoma who suffered from embolic stroke is reported. Autopsy confirmed that the cardiac tumor was a metastatic liposarcoma from the retroperitoneum, and the cerebral vessel was occluded by tumor cells and fibrin clot.

Isolated Subcutaneous Metastasis of Myxoid Liposarcoma: A Case Report

“…Rare sites of metastatic disease spread include the skin, soft tissues, bone, liver, heart and brain [12,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

Thromboembolic events identified during diagnosis of germ cell tumors in 2 children

“…The incidence of thromboembolism is significantly lower in children than in adults [4-8]. Tumor-associated thrombi are also commonly associated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy.…”

“…A further point of interest is that the thromboembolisms in our patients did not seem to be associated with surgery or any kind of procedure. Although one of the patients (patient 2) underwent osteoclastic cranioplasty prior to detection of the pulmonary embolism, thromboembolisms due to brain surgery are rarely reported and they tend to occur near the operation site [4-8]. …”

“…In most cases, the thrombi are associated with surgery, central venous catheter insertion, or the use of chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin [3]. Sometimes, a thrombus develops because of tumor embolization, vascular compression by the tumor mass, or primary tumor metastasis [4-7]. We encountered 2 interesting cases of thromboembolic events that were not associated with chemotherapy, central venous catheter insertion, or underlying coagulation factor abnormalities in 2 girls with germ cell tumors.…”

Anesthetic management of the removal of a giant metastatic cardiac liposarcoma occupying right ventricle and pulmonary artery

“…If it occurs, mostly it is due to renal cancer and metastasized to right atrium. Liposarcoma from lower extremity metastasized into right ventricle (RV) and protruded into pulmonary artery (PA) is extremely rare [1-4]. We report this case with the metastatic neoplasm occupying most RV chamber space and protruding into pulmonary artery.…”