Absence of susceptibility vessel sign and hyperdense vessel sign in patients with cancer-related stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Identification of paraneoplastic hypercoagulability in stroke patients helps to guide investigations and prevent stroke recurrence. A previous study demonstrated an association between the absence of the susceptibility vessel sign (SVS) on brain MRI and active cancer in patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy. The present study aimed to confirm this finding and assess an association between the absence of the hyperdense vessel sign (HVS) on head CT and active cancer in all stroke patients.

Methods

SVS and HVS status on baseline imaging were retrospectively assessed in all consecutive stroke patients treated at a comprehensive stroke center between 2015 and 2020. Active cancer, known at the time of stroke or diagnosed within 1 year after stroke (occul

SUBMITTER: Beyeler M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067593 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature