Case Study: Stroke mimics, the importance of clinical syndrome and vascular territory

Title: Stroke mimics, the importance of clinical syndrome and vascular territory

Author: Ahmed Elkady MSc, FEBN, Neurology Department, Saudi German Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Content: Patient presented with symptoms suggesting acute stroke with no contraindications for rtPA, so started. However, the MRI was not consistent with stroke, and considered to have seizures and received antiepileptic, improved and considered a stroke mimic.