Hemorrhagic infarcts caused by mucin emboli mimicking brain purpura
- 1 October 1980
- Vol. 46 (7) , 1608-1611
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19801001)46:7<1608::aid-cncr2820460720>3.0.co;2-x
Abstract
The macroscopic aspect of brain purpura was mimicked by multiple hemorrhagic infarcts arising in the vascular supply region of small arteries occluded by embolized mucin in a case of scar adenocarcinoma of the right lower pulmonary lobe, which had extensively permeated pulmonary blood vessels. The pathophysiology is discussed along with its clinical implications.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Mucin Embolism to Cerebral Arteries: A Fatal Complication of Carcinoma of the BreastCanadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1978
- Cerebral Embolism, Marantic Endocarditis, and CancerArchives of Neurology, 1976