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17689401

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
This report concerns a 37-year-old patient with ovarian cancer and a paradoxical cerebral embolism as the initial symptom. She developed acute onset of left quadrantic hemianopia during coughing. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed an acute multiple infarction, and a simultaneous acute pulmonary embolism was observed. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a patent foramen ovale, multidetector row computed tomography an ovarian tumor and infarction of the spleen, whereas multidetector row computed tomography venography showed right iliac vein compression by the ovarian tumor. The diagnosis was stage Ic ovarian cancer. Because blood stasis of the pelvic vein is a major risk factor for venous thrombosis, the presence of a patent foramen ovale should alert physicians to examine not only veins in the lower extremities but also the pelvic and intra-abdominal veins as a source paradoxical embolism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1532-8511
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
88-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Paradoxical cerebral embolism as the initial symptom in a patient with ovarian cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan. Wada@nmc-kobe.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports