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This case demonstrates a structured approach to investigating a patient with abnormal imaging and a history which provides a high index of suspicion for stroke. The imaging appearances of delayed vasospasm after SAH are not seen for some days after onset and is usually seen more than 4 days after the initial event. Transcranial Doppler is often used as a monitoring tool to identify those at risk so the patient’s haemodynamic status can be managed. There is also a discussion of the marked behavioural changes which accompany frontal lobe infarcts.
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Gill, S.K., Collas, D. (2015). A Funny Turn in the Toilet. In: Gill, S., Brown, M., Robertson, F., Losseff, N. (eds) Stroke Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6705-1_13
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