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 |