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Non-Contrast-Enhancing Glioma Mimicking Acute Ischemic Stroke Within Three Hours of Onset.
Annals of Emergency Medicine 2021 July 3
Intravenous thrombolytic therapy is recommended within 3 hours of onset of acute ischemic stroke. However, stroke mimics create challenges because of time pressures. We describe a case of an undiagnosed glioma, a rarely reported condition, that was nearly treated with thrombolytic therapy. A 71-year-old man presented to the emergency department with sudden left gaze preference, right-sided hemiplegia, and global aphasia, which suggested a large infarction in the left hemisphere. The thrombolytic protocol was started at once. However, noncontrast computed tomography (CT) of the brain, CT angiography, and CT perfusion were essentially normal. Later, magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrated a diffuse intracerebral lesion. The patient was found to have an undiagnosed diffuse glioma, whose initial neurologic symptoms mimicked acute stroke within 3 hours of onset. Cerebral neoplasms are an absolute contraindication for thrombolysis therapy. Several brain tumors are rarely seen on a brain CT scan. The mismatch between neurologic examination and brain perfusion imaging may suggest a stroke mimic in some cases.
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