Successful Treatment of Repeated Bilateral Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion by Performing Mechanical Thrombectomy in a Patient with Trousseau Syndrome

• Published in: Nō shinkei geka Vol. 44; no. 6; p. 501
• Main Authors: Inoue, Satoshi, Fujita, Atsushi, Mizowaki, Takashi, Uchihashi, Yoshito, Kuroda, Ryuichi, Urui, Seishirou, Kurihara, Eiji, Kohmura, Eiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Anticoagulants - therapeutic use; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Humans; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - drug therapy; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - surgery; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Male; Neurosurgical Procedures; Stents; Thrombectomy

We report a patient with Trousseau syndrome who presented with repeated acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion, which was successfully treated by performing mechanical thrombectomy. A 66-year-old man with a lung lesion and abdominal lymph node swelling experienced a sudden onset of left hemipa...