Ischaemic stroke: differential diagnosis
Evidence-based neurology checklist on ischaemic stroke: differential diagnosis: Central neurological differentials Acute confusional state Alzheimer's disease (AD) Brachial artery embolism Cataplexy Contrast-induced encephalopathy Dementia Encephalitis Extradural or subdural haemorrhage Functional…
Central neurological differentials
- Acute confusional state
- Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- Brachial artery embolism
- Cataplexy
- Contrast-induced encephalopathy
- Dementia
- Encephalitis
- Extradural or subdural haemorrhage
- Functional disorders
- Hemimeningitis
- Lyme neuroborreliosis
- Migraine
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Myelopathy
- Parkinson's disease (PD)
- Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
- Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
- Re-expression of previous stroke symptoms
- Seizures
- Transient global amnesia (TGA)
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
Peripheral neurological differentials
Systemic differentials
Radiological differentials
References
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- Hand PJ, Kwan J, Lindley RI, Dennis MS, Wardlaw JM. Distinguishing between stroke and mimic at the bedside: the brain attack study. Stroke 2006; 37:769-775.
- Holmstedt C, Chimowitz M. E-pearl: brachial artery embolus mimicking acute stroke. Neurology 2011; 76:e86-e87.
- Antelmi E, Pizza F, Vandi S, Plazzi G. Stereotyped episodes of aphasia and immobility: how cataplexy mimics stroke in an elderly patient. Sleep Med 2017; 36:122-124.
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