title: Hunting mimics and chameleons: diagnostic difficulties in atypical acute ischaemic stroke.
abstract: The seemingly straightforward diagnosis of acute ischaemic stroke can be complicated by the presence of conditions presenting similarly to stroke, and atypical strokes presenting with confusing and non-classical signs. We present a diagnostic quest to disentangle the effects of a number of stroke mimics from those of an underlying bilateral cerebrovascular phenomena, where with appropriate treatment of the non-stroke conditions the patient was able to make a near complete neurological recovery.
authors.affiliation: Acute Stroke Unit, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, Lancashire, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas Russell
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Plummer
authors.affiliation: Acute Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chorley, UK.
authors.forename: Kemparaju
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hari-Bhaskar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging; D020521:Stroke / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology