Paradoxical cerebral embolism during endoscopic esophageal stenting in a patient with esophageal cancer

Endoscopy. 2012:44 Suppl 2 UCTN:E406-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1310143. Epub 2012 Nov 20.

Authors

H N Kim¹, D E Kim, J E Hwang, W K Bae, S H Cho, Y E Joo, K H Choi, I J Chung, H J Shim

Affiliation

¹ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

PMID: 23169038
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1310143

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Esophageal Neoplasms / complications*
Esophageal Neoplasms / therapy*
Esophagoscopy / adverse effects*
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis*
Intracranial Embolism / etiology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
Stents / adverse effects*