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Characteristics of cryptogenic stroke in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: To clarify the characteristics of cryptogenic stroke in patients with active cancer.Patients with or without cancer diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke between January 2006 and February 2015 were extracted from a prospectively collected stroke database of Osaka University Hospital. Patients were categorized according to the presence of active cancer and known stroke mechanisms.Among 1191 patients with acute ischemic stroke, 145 (12%) had active cancer. Patients with active cancer were diagnosed more often with cryptogenic stroke than were patients without cancer (47% vs. 12%, P < 0.001). Compared with cryptogenic stroke patients without cancer, cryptogenic stroke patients with active cancer had fewer atherosclerotic risk factors, lower nutrition status, higher plasma D-dimer levels, and multiple vascular lesions. In a multivariate logistic analysis, plasma D-dimer level (odds ratio [OR] per 1 standard deviation increase: 6.30; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.94-15.69; P < 0.001), and the presence of multiple vascular lesions (OR: 6.40; 95% CI: 2.35-18.35; P < 0.001) were independent predictors of active cancer. When comparing active cancer patients who had known stroke mechanisms with those who had cryptogenic stroke, high plasma D-dimer levels, multiple vascular lesions, and receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy were associated with cryptogenic stroke etiology.In cryptogenic stroke, patients with active cancer has a unique pathology characterized by high plasma D-dimer levels and multiple vascular lesions. The hypercoagulable state and malnutrition due to cancer and its treatments potentially influence the development of cryptogenic stroke in cancer patients.

SUBMITTER: Gon Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4818743 | biostudies-other | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Individuals with migraine are at higher risk for stroke, but the mechanism has not been established. On the basis of the association between migraine and intracardiac right-to-left shunt, it has been proposed that stroke in migraineurs could be caused by a paradoxical embolus passing through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of PFO with right-to-left shunt in patients who presented with cryptogenic stroke and had a history of migraine. METHODS:Patients between 18 and 60 years old who presented with an ischemic stroke were characterized based on ASCOD phenotyping (atherosclerosis; small-vessel disease; cardiac pathology; other causes; dissection). A migraine diagnosis was identified by reviewing physician notes, and frequent aura was defined if present in at least 50% of attacks. A PFO with right-to-left shunt diagnosis was identified by the presence of a positive bubble contrast study with either transcranial Doppler, transthoracic, or transesophageal echocardiography. RESULTS:Of the 712 patients who presented with ischemic stroke, 127 (18%) were diagnosed as cryptogenic; 68 patients had adequate testing for PFO and a documented migraine history. The prevalence of PFO in patients with cryptogenic stroke without migraine was elevated (59%) compared with the general population (18%). Patients with both cryptogenic stroke and migraine had a higher prevalence of PFO (79%). In patients with cryptogenic stroke who had migraine with frequent aura, the prevalence of PFO was 93%. Only 5 patients (4%) had a history compatible with migrainous infarction. CONCLUSIONS:In patients with cryptogenic stroke who have migraine, there is a high prevalence (79%) of PFO with right-to-left shunt. The timing of the stroke in migraineurs is usually not related to a migraine attack. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that the mechanism of stroke in migraineurs is most likely because of a paradoxical embolus. Future cryptogenic stroke classification schemes should consider including PFO as a separate etiologic category.

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