Neoplastic angioendotheliosis. The case of the missed primary?
Autor(es): Dolman C. L.; Sweeney V. P.; Magil A.
Resumo: Two patients are described, of whom one suffered from progressive dementia, the other with a picture suggestive of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Both were found at necropsy to have small vessels throughout the body clogged with malignant cells with resultant cerebral infarcts. The source in one case was a 1-cm tumor in the thyroid, in the other a microscopic focus in the pancreas. It is suggested that most cases described as neoplastic angioendotheliosis involving the brain represent vascular dissemination of an unrecognized primary carcinoma rather than a miraculously widespread malignant endothelial transformation.
Imprenta: Archives of Neurology, v. 36, n. 1, p. 5-7, 1979
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1001/archneur.1979.00500370035004
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cell ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cytopathology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis
Data de publicação: 1979
