Stroke risk factor, pattern and outcome in patients with cancer
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 114 (6), 378-383
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00709.x
Abstract
To investigate risk factors, stroke pattern and outcome in stroke patients with cancer.A retrospective review of all stroke patients with cancer (n = 69) admitted to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, Australia, between January 1999 and December 2004 was conducted, and comparison made to age- and gender-matched non-cancer stroke patients admitted to the same hospital during the same period.Vascular risk factors did not significantly differ between cancer and non-cancer groups. There was a trend towards greater risk of intracerebral haemorrhage in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. Previous deep vein thrombosis was more common, and prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were prolonged in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. More patients died in hospital in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group.Coagulation disorders are more likely to be seen in stroke patients with cancer, and patients with cancer have a higher in-hospital post-stroke mortality.Keywords
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