Resumen
We pathologically compared the cerebral infarction (CI) status in autopsy cases with and without malignancy focusing on the status of intracranial Mönckeberg?s atherosclerosis. Most of Mönckeberg?s atherosclerosis were found in the basal ganglia. Its prevalence in CI cases with malignancy was significantly higher than in malignancy cases without CI and was apparently higher than CI cases without malignancy. The results indicated that Mönckeberg?s atherosclerosis was frequently found in the basal ganglia of CI patients with malignancy and that intracranial Mönckeberg?s atherosclerosis is a potential risk factor for CI in patients with advanced stage malignancy.