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Atypical presentation of giant cell arteritis in a patient with vertebrobasilar stroke: A case report
Rationale:
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is known to present with typical manifestations like temporal headache and visual abnormalities. However, several cases with atypical manifestations were reported. Stroke occurs in 3% to 7% of patients with GCA.
Patient concerns:
A 67-year-old male patient with known hypertension presented with somnolence, disorientation and mild bilateral limb ataxia. The magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple acute infarctions in the territory of the vertebrobasilar system with occlusion of the left vertebral artery.
Diagnosis:
Ten months later, during a routine neurovascular follow-up, r...
Source: Medicine - August 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research
Discrepancy between perfusion- and diffusion-weighted images in ischemic stroke: A case report
Rationale:
With the development of multi-slice computed tomography (CT) technology, perfusion CT angiography (p-CTA) is now widely used for the diagnosis of acute cerebral infarction. Although p-CTA has the advantage of distinguishing between an ischemic penumbra and an infarct core, more research is needed with respect to its clinical use.
Patient concerns:
A healthy 36-year-old man experienced sudden dizziness while swimming. His dizziness persisted irrespective of the change in position, and then improved during transport. He had no neurological abnormality when he arrived at the emergency room.
Diagnoses:
CT pe...
Source: Medicine - December 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research
