TY - JOUR
T1 - Massive preoperative pulmonary embolism and suprasellar brain tumor
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Sawaya, R.
AU - Decourteen-Meyers, G.
AU - Copeland, B.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - A 57-year-old man presented to our facility with the diagnosis of a suprasellar mass and died on the 2nd post-admission day from a massive pulmonary embolism. At autopsy, the mass was diagnosed as craniopharyngioma. This case report and review of the literature suggest an intimate relation between brain tumors and thromboembolic complications as evidenced by the high incidence of this association, the frequent occurrence of coagulopathies in patients with brain tumors, and the prevalence of tumors in the suprasellar location. The specific mechanisms that may be at play are reviewed.
AB - A 57-year-old man presented to our facility with the diagnosis of a suprasellar mass and died on the 2nd post-admission day from a massive pulmonary embolism. At autopsy, the mass was diagnosed as craniopharyngioma. This case report and review of the literature suggest an intimate relation between brain tumors and thromboembolic complications as evidenced by the high incidence of this association, the frequent occurrence of coagulopathies in patients with brain tumors, and the prevalence of tumors in the suprasellar location. The specific mechanisms that may be at play are reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1227/00006123-198410000-00019
DO - 10.1227/00006123-198410000-00019
M3 - Article
C2 - 6493467
AN - SCOPUS:0021132698
SN - 0148-396X
VL - 15
SP - 566
EP - 571
JO - Neurosurgery
JF - Neurosurgery
IS - 4
ER -