December 2011
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mouseinscrubs asked: Hi! Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy reading your case files - they're short, well written and informative. And they present cases every med student/student doctor/doctor has seen at least once in their career. Thank you for posting them.
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62 year old male patient walks with focal weakness of his left arm for two days. Patient states he has had a stroke before, but it was paralysis of his entire left side and he recovered fully with physical therapy. He did not have any slurred speech or confusion upon his arrival. On exam, his left arm wasn’t completely limp but there was definitely some decreased strength.
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26 year old female patient comes in with sudden onset of left facial paralysis that began today with no other complaints. No extremity weakness was found so it would be odd to think it was a stroke. CT head scan ruled it out. She has a condition called Bell’s Palsy. Another way to differentiate is that Bell’s Palsy involves complete forehead paralysis (look at the movement of the...
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58 year old male patient brought in by ambulance. He was playing tennis and experienced trauma to his occiput (layman’s medical terms: back of his head) when he dived for the ball. Upon the arrival of the ambulance, patient began to be combative and gradually started losing consciousness en route. Patient was immediately sent to have CT head scan that revealed a large internal bleed...
