Clinical analysis of twenty-one cases of acute ischemic stroke related to Trousseau syndrome

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BACKGROUND: Trousseau syndrome (TS) is relatively rare and easily overlooked by clinicians, causing misdiagnosis and affecting subsequent treatment.

OBJECTIVE: In this study, clinical features, laboratory examination, imaging features, treatment, and prognosis of patients with TS were discussed.

METHODS AND MATERIAL: From February 2018 to April 2022, cases of 21 patients with malignant tumors complicated by acute ischemic stroke (AIS) were admitted to the Neurology Department of the hospital, and were retrospectively analyzed and discussed based on the literature.

RESULTS: Twenty-one cases were included in the study. Of these, 95.23% (20/21) developed AIS 6-21 months after the onset of malignant tumors, 9.52% (2/21) had ischemic stroke as the first symptom, 4.76% (1/21) had recurrent ischemic stroke, and 14.29% (3/21) subsequently experienced venous and arterial thrombosis events; 80.95% (17/21) were pathologically confirmed to have adenocarcinoma; and 90.47% (19/21) of infarction cases involved multiple blood vessel feeding sites. MRI showed multiregional, multifocal patchy infarcts. D-dimer concentration was higher than normal in all patients. In addition, 61.90% (13/21) of the patients had poor outcomes according to mRS.

CONCLUSION: TS is a rare clinical type. It is often associated with adenocarcinoma, and the treatment is different from that of conventional cerebral infarction and the prognosis is very poor. In clinical practice, for AIS of unknown cause, if MRI shows multiple small lesions accompanied by a significant increase in D-dimer, routine screening for latent malignant tumors is recommended.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 45(2024), 4 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 1537-1547

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Bingqing [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Weihua [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hypercoagulable state
Ischemic stroke
Journal Article
Malignant tumor
Prognosis
Recurrence
Trousseau syndrome

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10072-023-07180-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364491213