Open AccessPseudostroke as a manifestation of mediastinal choriocarcinoma in an elderly man
Author(s) -
Yuliya S. Korneva,
Н. Н. Маслова,
Yana A. Rudenko,
М А Милосердов,
Oksana A. Shisterova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annaly kliničeskoj i èksperimentalʹnoj nevrologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2409-2533
pISSN - 2075-5473
DOI - 10.54101/acen.2021.4.10
Subject(s) - medicine , choriocarcinoma , decompensation , coagulopathy , lymph node , mediastinal lymph node , internal carotid artery , mediastinum , radiology , cardiology , surgery , cancer , metastasis
We describe a rare clinical case: onset of acute neurological symptoms suggestive of a pesudostroke, caused by an imbalance in cerebral blood flow as a result of internal carotid artery compression by an enlarged lymph node secondary to metastases from a disseminated non-gestational mediastinal choriocarcinoma. This was accompanied by decompensation due to paraneoplastic coagulopathy.