Table 1.

Thromboembolic complications and direct cause of death in patients who had a stroke with malignancy, based on autopsy findings

Age and sex	Tumour (histopathology)	Thromboembolic findings (autopsy)	Premortem antithrombotic therapy	History of thromboembolic event	Cause of death
76 years female	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (not otherwise specified type), with metastatic lymph nodes	No	No	Yes (history of deep vein thrombosis)	Myocardial infarction
69 years female	Colon adenocarcinoma (mucinous type)	No	No	No	Pneumonia
67 years male	Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, keratinising	No	No	No	Brainstem compression due to parenchymal haemorrhage
62 years female	Papillary thyroid cancer	No	No	No	Brainstem compression due to parenchymal haemorrhage
66 years female	Papillary renal cell carcinoma	No	Yes	Yes (history of myocardial infarction)	Cardiorespiratory insufficiency
78 years female	Papillary urothelial carcinoma, invasive (pelvic and ureteral), with metastatic lymph nodes	No	No	No	Brainstem compression due to parenchymal haemorrhage
78 years female	Follicular thyroid carcinoma	No	No	No	Myocardial infarction
66 years female	Colon tumour (histological examination was not performed)	Yes	No	No	Cardiorespiratory insufficiency