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Clinical Reasoning: An unusual case of blurry vision in a young woman after ovarian induction
A 38-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with blurry vision and headache. She developed her symptoms insidiously 8 days into ovarian induction for in vitro fertilization (IVF), consisting of recombinant follicular stimulating hormone, gonadotropin, and a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist. The headache was mild, constant, diffuse, nonpositional, and minimally alleviated with ibuprofen. She described binocular difficulty "focusing her vision" but denied a field cut or diplopia. A community ophthalmologist reported a normal dilated funduscopic examination but noted a subtle right homonymous hemianopia...
Source: Neurology - July 31, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Parikh, N. S., Khazanova, D., Moya, A., Kaunzner, U. W., Allen, B. B., Navi, B. B. Tags: Stroke in young adults, Visual fields, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Embolism, Infarction RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Clinical Reasoning: A 50-year-old man with "elephantiasis" and headache
A 50-year-old man with a medical history of "elephantiasis" of the legs, status post left above the knee amputation with prosthetic limb, and hypothyroidism presented with 1 week of headache and nausea. The headache was continuous, with gradual worsening over the 7 days prior to admission, and he had minimal relief with ibuprofen. On the second day, he developed nausea. He denied any history of headaches, blurred or double vision, numbness, weakness, tingling, loss of balance, vertigo, chest pain, palpitations, or shortness of breath. In the emergency room, he was afebrile with a heart rate of 78 beats per minute and regul...
Source: Neurology - November 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Yaghi, S., Kitago, T., Elkind, M. S. V. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Embolism, Infarction RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research