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Nicholas Russell Plummer1, Kemparaju Hari-Bhaskar2
1Acute Stroke Unit, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, Lancashire, UK.
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.
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