PET scan?

CT scans and MRIs, especially those done with contrast dyes, are much more sensitive and exact for brain tumors than are PET scans. I can imagine how frustrating and frightening it must be to have a stroke from "out of the blue" and not be able to get any explanation. I guess the first question I would ask is whether you had an ischemic stroke (most common type and usually from a blood clot) or a hemorrhagic stroke (much less common and usually from a tumor or or aneurism). Hopefully, your doctors should be able to distinguish those from the CT and MRI you had done.

CT scans and MRIs, especially those done with contrast dyes, are much more sensitive and exact for brain tumors than are PET scans. I can imagine how frustrating and frightening it must be to have a stroke from "out of the blue" and not be able to get any explanation. I guess the first question I would ask is whether you had an ischemic stroke (most common type and usually from a blood clot) or a hemorrhagic stroke (much less common and usually from a tumor or or aneurism). Hopefully, your doctors should be able to distinguish those from the CT and MRI you had done.

CT scans and MRIs, especially those done with contrast dyes, are much more sensitive and exact for brain tumors than are PET scans. I can imagine how frustrating and frightening it must be to have a stroke from "out of the blue" and not be able to get any explanation. I guess the first question I would ask is whether you had an ischemic stroke (most common type and usually from a blood clot) or a hemorrhagic stroke (much less common and usually from a tumor or or aneurism). Hopefully, your doctors should be able to distinguish those from the CT and MRI you had done.

Melanoma tumors bleed easily, no matter where they are in your body. If your stroke was caused by melanoma, it would be a hemorragic stroke not an ischemic stroke. The nurse(s) who said a tumor anywhere in your body could cause a stroke may have meant that bleeding tumors in your body can "throw a clot" (i.e. cause an embolism) that could, possibly, travel to your lungs or your brain. That would be a very, very rare situation and would probably be easily visualized on a CT or MRI. I wouldn't pay a heck of a lot of attention to what the nurse(s) said.

I seriously doubt that your stroke was caused by melanoma. Perhaps you should go to a really top-notch neurologist or neurosurgeon at a major medical center and try to determine the cause of your stroke. Yes, of course, you want to understand the cause of the stroke so it doesn't happen again. But I suggest you take the focus off of melanoma. 

Melanoma tumors bleed easily, no matter where they are in your body. If your stroke was caused by melanoma, it would be a hemorragic stroke not an ischemic stroke. The nurse(s) who said a tumor anywhere in your body could cause a stroke may have meant that bleeding tumors in your body can "throw a clot" (i.e. cause an embolism) that could, possibly, travel to your lungs or your brain. That would be a very, very rare situation and would probably be easily visualized on a CT or MRI. I wouldn't pay a heck of a lot of attention to what the nurse(s) said.

I seriously doubt that your stroke was caused by melanoma. Perhaps you should go to a really top-notch neurologist or neurosurgeon at a major medical center and try to determine the cause of your stroke. Yes, of course, you want to understand the cause of the stroke so it doesn't happen again. But I suggest you take the focus off of melanoma. 

Melanoma tumors bleed easily, no matter where they are in your body. If your stroke was caused by melanoma, it would be a hemorragic stroke not an ischemic stroke. The nurse(s) who said a tumor anywhere in your body could cause a stroke may have meant that bleeding tumors in your body can "throw a clot" (i.e. cause an embolism) that could, possibly, travel to your lungs or your brain. That would be a very, very rare situation and would probably be easily visualized on a CT or MRI. I wouldn't pay a heck of a lot of attention to what the nurse(s) said.

I seriously doubt that your stroke was caused by melanoma. Perhaps you should go to a really top-notch neurologist or neurosurgeon at a major medical center and try to determine the cause of your stroke. Yes, of course, you want to understand the cause of the stroke so it doesn't happen again. But I suggest you take the focus off of melanoma.