ArticleCaspian journal of internal medicine2017
Stroke mimics in patients with clinical signs of stroke.
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- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura presenting as stroke mimics with normal diffusion-weighted MRI.BMC neurology · 2023Article
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- Artificial intelligence in Emergency Medical Services dispatching: assessing the potential impact of an automatic speech recognition software on stroke detection taking the Capital Region of Denmark as case in point.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen for use in Brazil.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Article
- A Case-Control Study of Distinguishing Between Stroke Mimics and True Strokes.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2022Article
- Stroke mimic in an acute rehabilitation unit patient with associated hypomagnesaemia.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale in Brazil.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2021Article
- Stroke mimics in patients clinically diagnosed with stroke at a tertiary teaching hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.BMC neurology · 2020Article
- Thrombolytic treatment in stroke mimic, inevitable but fortunately safe: An observational study from Iran.Iranian journal of neurology · 2019Article
- A rare mimic of acute stroke: rapidly progressing Miller-Fisher Syndrome to acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Hypoglycemic hemiparesis as stroke mimic with transient splenial lesion and internal capsule involvement: A reversible clinico-radiological concurrence.Journal of postgraduate medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundStroke mimic is a major diagnostic challenge and may be difficult to distinguish from real strokes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative frequency of stroke mimics in patients with clinical signs of stroke.
methodsIn this cross sectional-study, the medical records of 1985 patients with stroke admitted to Poursina Hospital were enrolled using the census technique. Data collection tool was a checklist which include age, sex, imaging results (MRI and CT scan and primary and final diagnoses.
resultsOf the 1985 patients, 295 (14.9%) were identified with brain stroke mimics. The mean age in the group of patients with mimics and real stroke were 66.5±16.4 years and 72.4±9.6 years, respectively. The highest number of stroke belonged to 61-80 years in stroke groups (68.8%) and mimics (58.3%), respectively. There was a significant correlation between age and early diagnosis of stroke or stroke mimic (P<0.0001). The highest frequency of stroke mimics was related to brain tumors (10.5%), hypoglycemia (9.2%) and toxic poisoning (8.5%).
conclusionDue to the high number of stroke mimics, further attention is necessary to aid in differential diagnosis and clinical procedures in patients with stroke signs.
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