Hyponatremia and stroke mimic: a case report.

The differential diagnosis of acute stroke is often a challenge for the emergency care staff. In medical literature, about 30% of patients presenting in an emergency department with suspected stroke at initial assessment are actually stroke mimic. We report here a case of a 61-year-old woman who got admitted at the emergency service for an acute stroke that was actually a symptomatic hyponatremia due to a Schwartz-Bartter syndrome associated with an undiagnosed breast cancer.

Thrombolysis in an Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient on Direct Anticoagulant Therapy Outside of the Traditional Time Window: A Case Report.

A stroke is a life-threatening medical condition that could be disabling if left untreated. Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) can be effective when initiated in an acute stroke, but their benefit is time-dependent and their use may be restricted by contraindications (CIs) such as anticoagulation therapy. The critical therapeutic time window, which was previously limited to 4.

Prevalence of Left Atrial Septal Pouch Among Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Or Stroke of Known Etiology: a Retrospective Study.

Background And Objectives: Cryptogenic strokes can be defined by the criteria established for an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). Some embolic events might be caused by a left atrial septal pouch (LASP), due to the potential of thrombus formation. In this study we aimed to determine if LASP is a risk factor for ESUS when compared to a population of strokes of known origin, the LASP screening rate in our institution and if LASP dimensions influences the risk of ESUS.

COVID-19 masquerading as a non-convulsive status epilepticus.

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), more and more atypical presentations of COVID-19 are being reported. Here, we present and discuss non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) as presenting symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection at the Emergency Department.