Successful endovascular removal of a chondroblastic osteosarcoma embolus within the left middle cerebral artery

Jose M Soto; Laura K Reed; Ethan A Benardete

doi:10.1080/08998280.2020.1747326

Successful endovascular removal of a chondroblastic osteosarcoma embolus within the left middle cerebral artery

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Apr 13;33(3):451-452. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2020.1747326. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Jose M Soto¹, Laura K Reed¹, Ethan A Benardete¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott and White HealthTempleTexas.

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman with metastatic chondroblastic osteosarcoma developed sudden-onset right-sided weakness and aphasia. She was found to have an occluded left middle cerebral artery (M1 segment) and underwent endovascular stroke intervention with return to a normal neurological exam within 24 h. Histologic analysis of the embolus was consistent with chondroblastic osteosarcoma.

Keywords: Embolism; neoplastic cells; osteosarcoma; stroke; thrombectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports