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Apathetic syndrome from carotid dissection: a dangerous condition.

Gerace, Carmela; Corsi, Fabio Massimo; Comanducci, Giovanna.

BMJ Case Rep ; 20132013 Sep 02.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24000207

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Isolated behavioural disturbances can mimic psychiatric diseases and delay diagnosis of acute brain disease. We reported the case of a patient with carotid dissection manifesting only with apathetic syndrome that was initially considered as a possible postpartum depression, causing a threatening diagnostic delay.

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Apathy , Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection/diagnosis , Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/diagnosis , Puerperal Disorders/diagnosis , Adult , Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection/psychology , Delayed Diagnosis , Female , Humans , Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/psychology , Magnetic Resonance Angiography , Puerperal Disorders/psychology , Syndrome

Bilateral vertebral artery dissection and infratentorial stroke complicated by stress-induced cardiomyopathy.

Seifert, T; Klein, E; Legat-Wallner, S; Krenn, U; Brussee, H; Lueger, A; Niederkorn, K; Fazekas, F.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ; 79(4): 480-1, 2008 Apr.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18344401

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Aneurysm, False/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathies/diagnosis , Cerebellar Diseases/diagnosis , Intracranial Aneurysm/diagnosis , Stress, Psychological/complications , Syncope/etiology , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/diagnosis , Vertebral Artery Dissection/diagnosis , Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/diagnosis , Adult , Aneurysm, False/psychology , Aneurysm, False/therapy , Angiography, Digital Subtraction , Cardiomyopathies/psychology , Cardiomyopathies/therapy , Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection/diagnosis , Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection/psychology , Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection/therapy , Cerebellar Diseases/psychology , Cerebellar Diseases/therapy , Cerebral Angiography , Diagnosis, Differential , Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Electrocardiography , Female , Humans , Intracranial Aneurysm/psychology , Intracranial Aneurysm/therapy , Stents , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/psychology , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/therapy , Vertebral Artery Dissection/psychology , Vertebral Artery Dissection/therapy , Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/psychology , Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/therapy

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