Hunting mimics and chameleons: diagnostic difficulties in atypical acute ischaemic stroke. (2nd June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Plummer, Nicholas Russell; Hari-Bhaskar, Kemparaju
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-06-02
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204222
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : The seemingly straightforward diagnosis of acute ischaemic stroke can be complicated by the presence of conditions presenting similarly to stroke, and atypical strokes presenting with confusing and non-classical signs. We present a diagnostic quest to disentangle the effects of a number of stroke mimics from those of an underlying bilateral cerebrovascular phenomena, where with appropriate treatment of the non-stroke conditions the patient was able to make a near complete neurological recovery.