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Delayed Diagnosis of Carotid Artery Dissection Complicates Ischemic Stroke Treatment
A 32-year-old woman with several days of vomiting consumed 1 dose of promethazine for symptomatic relief. Soon thereafter, she presented to a rural emergency department with nausea, vomiting, headache, slurred speech, and right-sided upper- and lower-extremity weakness. The initial clinical impression was that of a dystonic reaction for which she received the appropriate therapy for the suspected condition. When her symptoms did not improve, she was transferred by ground ambulance to a large community hospital where she was diagnosed by brain magnetic resonance imaging and carotid magnetic resonance angiography with a mass...
Source: Air Medical Journal - September 1, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Azeemuddin Ahmed, Achint Singh, Elizabeth C. Hassebroek, Kris Baerenwald Tags: Peer Reviewed Source Type: research