Seizure Mimicking Stroke: Role of CT Perfusion | Zendy

Vishnumurthy Shushrutha Hedna | Zendy; Prerak Shukla | Zendy; Michael F. Waters | Zendy

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Seizure Mimicking Stroke: Role of CT Perfusion

Author(s) -

Vishnumurthy Shushrutha Hedna,

Prerak Shukla,

Michael F. Waters

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of clinical imaging science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 2156-7514

pISSN - 2156-5597

DOI - 10.4103/2156-7514.97728

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , emergency department , perfusion , cerebral hypoperfusion , perfusion scanning , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , computed tomography , pediatrics , cardiology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering

Stroke mimics constitute 15--20% of all cases presenting to the emergency department, prominent among them being seizures, hypoglycemia, tumors, migraines, and posterior reversible leucoencephalopathy. They have also abnormal computerized tomography perfusion (CTP) findings. We report a case where CTP helped us to diagnose and treat a seizure when initial presentation was that of a stroke

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