Cardiac intimal sarcoma presenting as basilar artery occlusion treated with tenecteplase and thrombectomy: a case report
Qianqian Wang, Minghui Cheng, Qiang Guo, Ziyou Qi · 2026
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Qianqian Wang and co-authors report a heart tumor that first showed as a major stroke in a case report from two thousand twenty-six. Cardiac intimal sarcoma is a rare, aggressive cancer that often sheds clots. A blocked basilar artery at the brain's base is a dire emergency.
A man aged seventy-seven arrived with slurred speech and fading consciousness. A clot-busting drug went in before blood counts showed very low platelets. A catheter pulled a four-centimeter clot from the artery, and lab study of the clot named the cancer. The vessel reopened and his stroke score improved, but bleeding in many organs followed, and he died. The authors stress testing retrieved clots and care with clot drugs when platelets may be low.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qianqian Wang, Minghui Cheng, Qiang Guo, Ziyou Qi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |