Weakness: TIA & Stroke
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- A 23-year-old male presents after a motor vehicle accident with progressive headache and confusion several hours after the injury. Brain CT shows a cr…
- A 75-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes is admitted to neurology with an acute ischemic stroke. She is diagnosed with atrial fibrillation o…
- A 72-year-old man presents with sudden right-sided weakness and aphasia. CT head shows no hemorrhage. CTA reveals a thrombus in the proximal middle ce…
- Which CT finding is considered the earliest radiological sign of acute ischemic stroke?
- 44-year-old man presents with double vision that is worst when trying to read a book or walk down stairs. Which of the following nerves is likely invo…
- A 50-year-old man presents with a sudden onset of right-sided weakness and slurred speech for the past 4 hours. A non-contrast CT scan of the brain is…
- A 70 year old man who is a chronic heavy smoker is presenting to the emergency room complaining of headache partial loss of vision. While you are perf…
- A 60-year-old man is brought into emergency department after being found unconscious, Examination reveals bilateral pinpoint pupils. What would this s…
- A 72-year-old woman has the abrupt onset of right face and hand weakness, disturbed speech production, and a right homonymous hemianopsia. This is mos…
- A 44-year-old man presents with facial asymmetry. On physical examination; touching the cornea of either eye with a cotton swab results in blinking of…
- A 65 year old male patient known to have longstanding diabetes & hypertension, was admitted to the medical department with right sided weakness & he i…
- Patient with stroke, what is the important question to ask about in history?
- A 35-year-old man presents to the emergency department complaining of a sudden onset of occipital headache, associated with vomiting, which started wi…
- A 70-year-old right-handed male presents with stroke. On physical examination, he has an expressive aphasia and mild right arm weakness. Where is the …
- A 62-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency room with the right eye deviated outward and an obvious ptos…
- A 55 years old diabetic man, suddenly develops weakness of the left side of his face As well As of his right arm and leg. He also has diplopia on left…
- A 60-year-old man has 10 minutes history of left sided weakness with slurred speech that recovers spontaneously. He has diabetes and hypertension on r…
- You are asked to see a 42-year-old right-handed woman with diabetes and dilated cardiomyopathy who developed acute "confusion." On examination, she do…
- Risk of stroke in TIA?
- 65 year old female present to emergency room after a generalized tonic clonic seizure for the first time in her life. While in emergency roomn she dev…
- 60 Y.O male present with an episode of transiet vision loss of his right eye, the symptoms lasted for 10 min, Whats the most likely site of his vascul…
- Patient with transient visual loss for 10 minutes and back to normal, what is your action?
- 20 yo female has nystagmus, dysarthria, and rt sided ataxia. initial ct brain is normal. what is the next step in management?
- A 36-year-old female gave a recent history of sensory impairment and imbalance in the left half of the body. She also complained of tingling. She had …
- on observation, a patient has a left facial droop. On closer examination, his nasolabial fold is flattened. When asked to smile, the left corner of hi…
- A 68-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation on warfarin (INR = 1.0) presents to the emergency department with acute onset right-sided weak…
- A 60-year-old man came to the ER complaining of longstanding DM and HTN. His vitals: 210/100 mmHg, HR 80. On exam: Dysarthria, Left nystagmus; normal …
- A 67-year-old male presents with severe headache, nausea and vomiting and right side tingling, and there is an absent sensation. CT showed hyperdensit…
- A 25 years 25-year-old healthy woman with a sudden onset of headache. She prescribed it as the worst headache of her life, and non-contrast CT showed …
- A 70-year-old patient presented with a drooping left eyelid. It is dilated and he can’t rotate it medially or upward, which of the following is the mo…
- A 48 years old male present with vertigo, hoarseness and right side ataxia. He also had decreased pain and temperature sensation on the left side of t…
- 52 y/o man c/o double vision he can’t move his left eye medially or upward and left eyelids droop and no light reflex in left eye but normal right eye…
- 58-year-old woman on Rivaroxaban for 2 weeks (last time she took it was before six hours)for atrial fibrillation, NIHAS score was 19, presented to the…
- A 61 year old man presents with acute diplopia, difficulty moving his right arm, a left third nerve palsy, and right-sided ataxia. Which of the follow…
- 60 year old male patient known to have diabetes and hypertension, presented with imbalance. He couldn’t stand or walk without assistance. which of the…
- When doing pupillary light reflex for right eye no direct or indirect right response but the left intact which nerve is damaged?
- A 62 year old man with uncontrolled HTN, DM, smoking history present with left hemiparesis, facial drop. CT angio shows an occlusion in the Rt MI of t…
- 68 year old female had several falls, 2 weeks ago got progressive confuision and weakness. CT shows crescent-shaped, hyperinttuned, cross suture line …
- A 68-year-old hypertensive man complaining of acute right sided weakness that started 30 minutes ago, on examination he has right sided hemiparesis an…
- A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with complaints of double vision, difficulty walking, and uncoordinated movements on his right …
- A 44-year-old man presents to the clinic with complaints of double vision that worsens when reading or walking downstairs. On exam: there was a left p…
- A 78-year-old female show up to ER with sudden right sided hemiplegia with history of HTN and non-adherence to medication. VS: temp: 37, BP: 218/128. …
- A 51-year-old has ataxia; MRI shows a right lateral medullary infarct. Which finding is most likely?
- A 49-year-old hypertensive man has right hemiparesis and aphasia; last seen normal 45 minutes ago. What is the best next step?