Focal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Mimicking Recurrent Transient Ischemic Attack

Author: Byoung Min JEONG ¹ ; Han Uk RYU ; Mi Kyoung KANG ; Jin Ju KANG ; Man Wook SEO ; Sun Young OH ; Byoung Soo SHIN
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1. Department of Neurology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea. sbsoo@jbnu.ac.kr
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.