title: A stroke -- or something else?
abstract: The patient -- who'd had a CVA the year before -- was experiencing numbness and weakness in her right leg and foot, and had an increasingly unsteady gait. Initial lab work provided no clues.
authors: The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati, Family Medicine Residency Program, Cincinnati, OH, USA. hillary.mount@thechristhospital.com
authors: Hillary R
authors: HR
authors: Mount
authors: Jeffrey D
authors: JD
authors: Schlaudecker
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011379:Prognosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D015415:Biomarkers