Patients with Acute Stroke Presenting Like Conversion Disorder
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Prehospital and Disaster Medicine"
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x18000511
Abstract: Abstract Conversion disorder is a form of somatoform disorders which has a high prevalence among women, individuals with lower socioeconomic status, under-educated populations, and in developing countries. However, up to one-half of patients who had… read more here.
Keywords: stroke presenting; patients acute; conversion; acute stroke ... See more keywords
Brainstem stroke presenting as isolated bilateral ptosis
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "BMJ Case Reports"
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243220
Abstract: Pure midbrain infarctions not involving surrounding structures are an uncommon clinical phenomenon. A midbrain infarction that results in isolated bilateral ptosis as the only neurological deficit is much rarer and an easy diagnosis to miss;… read more here.
Keywords: brainstem stroke; stroke presenting; bilateral ptosis; presenting isolated ... See more keywords
Teaching NeuroImages: Stroke presenting with isolated superior branch of cranial nerve III palsy
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Neurology"
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008894
Abstract: A 53-year-old man presented with diplopia. On examination, he had mild to moderate right ptosis and limited supraduction in the right eye with no abnormalities of adduction, abduction, infraduction, or pupillary reactivity (figure, B–E). MRI… read more here.
Keywords: teaching neuroimages; isolated superior; neuroimages stroke; superior branch ... See more keywords