BackgroundEffective anticoagulation routinely precludes patients from receiving intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator to reverse severe symptoms of ischemic stroke. We report what we believe to be the first case of ischemic stroke successfully treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator after antagonizing dabigatran with the monoclonal antibody idarucizumab, recently approved worldwide.Case presentationA 75-year-old Caucasian man presented to our hospital with severe aphasia and mild hemiparesis. After providing written consent, he received two doses of 2.5 g of idarucizumab over 20 minutes followed by standard protocol in-label recombinant tissue plasminogen activator application. All symptoms resolved within 1 h.ConclusionsApplying a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator after antagonizing dabigatran with idarucizumab is feasible and easy to manage in an emergency room or stroke unit. Thus, idarucizumab represents a new therapeutic option for patients receiving dabigatran treatment, reestablishing their eligibility for recombinant tissue plasminogen activator thrombolysis.
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Isolated pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is relatively rare and it's usually seen in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), but its occurrence from chromophobe renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare.
Pancreatic location is often diagnosed during routine surveillance imaging for the primary lesion.
Patients in whom the pancreas is the only metastatic site and who are fit enough to undergo pancreatic surgery appear to be good candidates for the surgical treatment chemotherapy can improve the quality of life but not survival.
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