[Differential diagnosis of stroke from somatic diseases]

The article deals with the diagnosis of somatic diseases in cases where stroke-stimulating cerebral symptoms come to the fore. On the basis of the investigation of 56 patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute impairment of cerebral circulation the authors present the criteria of the differential diagnosis of pneumonia, thromboembolism of the pulmonary artery, myocardial infarction, abscessed nephritis, visceral cancer, and cerebral stroke. The causes responsible for the appearance of focal symptoms in the absence of morphological changes in the brain and the pathogenesis of cerebral disorders in somatic diseases are discussed.