Stroke Mimics: Experience of a Moroccan Stroke Unit.

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis

Department of Neurology, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco; Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research, and Health Community, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah University, Fez, Morocco.

Published: May 2020

Background: Stroke mimic is a medical condition presenting with acute neurological deficit and simulate real stroke. The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency and the various etiologies of stroke mimics in our center.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the Thrombolysis Alert registry and we studied the frequency and characteristics of patients with stroke mimic.

Results: Among 673 patients who were admitted to the emergency department within 4.5 hours for sudden focal neurological deficit suggestive of acute stroke, 105 patients (15.6 %) had a stroke mimic. The mean age of patients with mimics and brain strokes were 66.3 and 64.8, respectively. The mean Onset-to-door time was 136.82 minutes and the mean door-to-imaging time was 32.63 minutes in stroke mimics. Seizure (28.5%) was the most common diagnosis of stroke mimics followed by conversion disorder (25.7%).

Conclusions: Stroke mimic is frequent and heterogeneous entity that can be difficult to identify. Fortunately, most previous studies show no harmful effects when using thrombolysis in a stroke mimic.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104651DOI Listing

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