A case of hypersomnia due to bilateral thalamic stroke

Bilateral thalamic infarction (BTI) can present as sleep‐like coma without focal neurological signs which can lead to delay in the diagnosis. Due to the diagnostic challenge, treatment is often delayed. The early use of DWI‐MRI in suspected cases can help in the early diagnosis and treatment.

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Autores principales: Osman, Mohammed, Abdalla, Ahmed, Al‐Qasmi, Mohammed, Bachuwa, Ghassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1145
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spelling pubmed-56282452017-10-12 A case of hypersomnia due to bilateral thalamic stroke Osman, Mohammed Abdalla, Ahmed Al‐Qasmi, Mohammed Bachuwa, Ghassan Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Bilateral thalamic infarction (BTI) can present as sleep‐like coma without focal neurological signs which can lead to delay in the diagnosis. Due to the diagnostic challenge, treatment is often delayed. The early use of DWI‐MRI in suspected cases can help in the early diagnosis and treatment. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5628245/ /pubmed/29026583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1145 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1145
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