Neurology

Bedside screening tools can be used to distinguish delirium from other causes of altered mental status, enabling timely care and reducing costs.

The patient presented with dizziness that started earlier that morning when she rose from bed, persisted after she returned to bed, and worsened with head movement.

Secondary headache disorders such as neoplasm or infection are more often suspected than detected, but neuroimaging is warranted when red-flag features are present.

After multiple imaging studies were performed, a thorough examination at the bedside appropriately broadened the differential diagnosis.

Sex-specific factors like adverse pregnancy outcomes and premature and early menopause play a critical and often underrecognized role in shaping lifetime stroke risk in women.

Diagnoses considered on initial presentation included conditions that present with stroke-like symptoms such as seizure, hemiplegic migraine, transient ischemic attack, and brain tumor.

Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a confluent trident-shaped lesion in the central pons 1 week after correction of the patient’s chronic hyponatremia.

Timely diagnosis and initiation of aggressive immunosuppressive therapy are key to improving the 40% overall mortality rate in patients with MDA5 dermatomyositis.

Although the cerebrovascular complications of infective endocarditis such as ischemic strokes and intracranial hemorrhages are common and serious, data remain scarce regarding how best to prevent, predict, and manage them.

A review of the presentation and diagnostic evaluation, including atypical features that may suggest an alternative diagnosis requiring a more extensive evaluation.