The ugly duckling of aphasia: cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as a mimic of TIA and stroke

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis may present with transient aphasia and focal seizure-likeactivity mimicking a TIA or stroke. In this case, the patient's presentation was further complicated by non-diagnostic CT findings, which can be common in up to 27% of cases [1]. An 86-year-old right-hande...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexander Engelmann, Katherine DiPastina, Tianyu Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Subjects:
tia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1852704