Clinical Features of Trousseau Syndrome With Cerebral Infarction as the Initial Manifestation

There are few reports of Trousseau syndrome with cerebral infarction as the initial manifestation before the discovery of the tumor, which is often missed and misdiagnosed, and there is no unified therapy. To explore the clinical features of the Trousseau syndrome and, among those features, the risk factors for cerebral infarction as the initial manifestation.

This was a retrospective study of 416 consecutive patients with cerebral infarction and malignant tumor admitted at The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University between January 2015 and December 2017. The patients were grouped as: (1) cerebral infarction as the initial manifestation; and (2) tumor as the initial manifestation. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the clinical features (age, sex, characteristics of the infarction, characteristics of the tumors, treatments, depression, coagulopathy, The National Institute of Health stroke scale score, platelet count, red cell count, hemoglobin, atherosclerosis, and coagulation parameters) and the hypercoagulable state.

A total of 416 patients met the criteria were included: 212 (51.0%) in the group with cerebral infarction as the initial manifestation and 204 (49.0%) in the group with tumor as the initial manifestation. The multivariable analysis showed that metastatic cancer (odds ratio=2.517; 95% confidence interval, 1.193-5.311; P=0.015) and depressive state (odds ratio=3.158; 95% confidence interval, 1.522-6.551; P=0.002) were independently associated with the Trousseau syndrome with cerebral infarction as the main manifestation.

Trousseau syndrome with cerebral infarction as the initial manifestation was associated with metastatic cancer and depressive state. There was no difference in coagulation status between the 2 groups.