Acute Hemiballismus as the Presenting Feature of Parietal Lobe Infarction
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Acute parietal lobe infarction presenting as Gerstmann’s syndrome and cognitive decline mimicking senile dementia
Gerstmann's syndrome encompasses the tetrad of finger agnosia, agraphia, acalculia, and right-left confusion. An elderly man with a history of several cardiovascular diseases was initially brought to the psychiatric outpatient department by his family because of worsening of recent memory, executive function, and mixed anxious-depressive mood. Gerstmann's syndrome without obvious motor function...
متن کاملPheochromocytoma Presenting As Acute Myocardial Infarction
Pheochromocytomas are rare neuro-endocrine tumors arising from chromaffin cells of the sympathetic nervous system.Pheochromocytomacan have diverse clinical presentations, which makes the diagnosis often difficult. We present a case of adrenalpheochromocytoma presenting as acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Catecholamine surge in patients with pheochromocytoma can cause myocardial...
متن کاملHeadache as the sole presenting symptom of acute myocardial infarction.
www.japi.org 83 Headache as the Sole Presenting Symptom of Acute Myocardial Infarction Sir, The International Classification of Headache Disorders does not include Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) or Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) as one of the rare causes of headache.1 On review of the literature it has been observed that it is very rare for patients with AMI or ACS to present with headache as...
متن کاملAcute pancreatitis as a presenting feature of Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common small vessel vasculitis of childhood. It is characterized by nonthrombocytopenic palpable purpura, abdominal pain, arthritis, and glomerulonephritis. Although HSP is typically known to be self-limited, serious complications can occur. Acute pancreatitis rarely presents as a complication of HSP. It is even rarer as an initial presenting feature o...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4675