Titlebook: Stroke Medicine; Case Studies from Qu S.K. Gill,M.M. Brown,N. Losseff Book 20151st edition Springer-Verlag London 2015 Cognitive impairment

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A Pain in the Neck,rom isolated headache to a complete hemiplegia providing a diagnostic challenge. Dissection can occur either spontaneously or more commonly as a result of trauma. Cervical dissection is also associated with systemic conditions that disturb the integrity of blood vessel walls and these should be excluded by careful investigation.

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A Funny Turn in the Toilet,e initial event. Transcranial Doppler is often used as a monitoring tool to identify those at risk so the patient’s haemodynamic status can be managed. There is also a discussion of the marked behavioural changes which accompany frontal lobe infarcts.

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More Than Just a Sore Throat,yndrome most often occurs as the result of oropharyngeal sepsis causing venous thrombosis or compression of neck vessels by local swelling. The mainstay of treatment is with prompt antibiotics and heparin.

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atures, examination, radiological findings and management. Finally, learning points are highlighted to help the reader focus on the key points of the case study. .Stroke Medicine: Case Studies. .from Queen Square. is aimed at medical students and doctors in all stages of training from foundation years through to consultancy..978-1-4471-6705-1

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A Rapidly Progressive Dementia,nical presentation and investigations including the characteristic neuroradiological findings, and then briefly discuss the clinical-imaging spectrum and diagnosis of CAA, a highly prevalent but under-recognised form of cerebral small vessel disease.

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A Child with Enlarged Pupils,cular disease should include consideration of a systemic or genetic diagnosis and (ii) careful analysis of radiological phenotypes is important. It also serves as a reminder about the importance of blood pressure management in those with an occlusive arteriopathy.

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Locked in or Break Out?,ated mortality is up to 90 %. Basilar artery occlusion can initially present with mild prodromal symptoms however this is usually followed by more devastating symptoms including quadriparesis, reduced consciousness, cranial nerve and visual symptoms, dysarthria, dysphagia and ‘locked-in syndrome’. T

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An Unusual TIA,that consists of SPECT, transcranial Doppler ultrasound or CT or MR perfusion studies may be able to demonstrate reduction, or inducible reduction, in cerebral blood flow in the appropriate carotid vascular territory. Medical therapy consists of management of vascular risk factors including hyperten