title: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 16-2006. A 72-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department because of a sudden change in mental status.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Lee H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schwamm
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lev
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014187:Transportation of Patients