Open AccessComplementary examinations other than neuroimaging and neurosonology in acute stroke
Author(s) -
Adrià Arboix,
Vı́ctor Obach,
María José Sánchez,
Joan Massons
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i6.191
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroimaging , radiology , lumbar puncture , magnetic resonance imaging , transcranial doppler , stroke (engine) , meninges , neurological examination , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , surgery , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
The etiologic diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases requires non-routine complementary examinations to be performed. Thus, in specific cases, after neuroimaging (computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging cerebral scan sequences) and neurosonology (Doppler test of the supra-aortic trunks, transcranial echography and echocardiography), which academically allow us to classify the patients according to their etiologic stroke subtype, further examinations must be used to make a correct etiologic diagnostic. The present review aims to update knowledge about the usefulness of the different tests of blood and urine, plain chest radiography, X-ray of the spine, skull and abdomen, lumbar puncture, electroencephalography, evoked potentials, polysomnography, and pathologic examination after biopsy of the artery, skin, muscles, nerves, meninges, and brain, in the management of patients who have suffered an acute stroke.