- Author:
Byoung Min JEONG
1
;
Han Uk RYU
;
Mi Kyoung KANG
;
Jin Ju KANG
;
Man Wook SEO
;
Sun Young OH
;
Byoung Soo SHIN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Ischemic attack; Transient; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
- MeSH: Aged, 80 and over; Arm; Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Female; Fibrinolytic Agents; Hemorrhage; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2018;36(4):314-317
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Focal subarachnoid hemorrhage occasionally presents as transient focal neurologic episodes mimicking transient ischemic attack (TIA). Unless properly diagnosed, it may aggravate cerebral hemorrhage by administering antithrombotic agents. Therefore, clinicians need to be aware that such focal subarachnoid hemorrhage sometimes cannot be detected on noncontrast computed tomography and blood-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging can detect even a small amount of hemorrhage. We describe an 85-year-old woman with focal subarachnoid hemorrhage and possible cerebral amyloid angiopathy who presented transient left arm weakness recurrently, which mimicked TIA.