Intravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient

The authors present the case of a young woman on phentermine and herbal supplements who presented as an acute stroke alert with right-sided facial droop and numbness. She was treated acutely with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). However, the workup did not reveal any evidence of cereb...

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Auteurs principaux:	Lilly Nguyen, Joyce Hoonsuh Lee, Latha Ganti, Mark Rivera-Morales, Larissa Dub
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Publié:	Karger Publishers 2021
Sujets:	intravenous thrombolysis stroke mimics phentermine Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2bd2d0b7b0c0493d86200b8f52f8d8eb2021-11-25T07:47:20ZIntravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient1662-680X10.1159/000519764https://doaj.org/article/2bd2d0b7b0c0493d86200b8f52f8d8eb2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/519764https://doaj.org/toc/1662-680XThe authors present the case of a young woman on phentermine and herbal supplements who presented as an acute stroke alert with right-sided facial droop and numbness. She was treated acutely with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). However, the workup did not reveal any evidence of cerebrovascular disease or cerebral infarct. The authors discuss plausible stroke mimics and the safety of administering tPA to such patients.Lilly NguyenJoyce Hoonsuh LeeLatha GantiMark Rivera-MoralesLarissa DubKarger Publishersarticleintravenous thrombolysisstroke mimicsphentermineNeurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENCase Reports in Neurology, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 704-709 (2021)
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description	The authors present the case of a young woman on phentermine and herbal supplements who presented as an acute stroke alert with right-sided facial droop and numbness. She was treated acutely with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). However, the workup did not reveal any evidence of cerebrovascular disease or cerebral infarct. The authors discuss plausible stroke mimics and the safety of administering tPA to such patients.
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title	Intravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient
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Intravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient

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