Erschienen in:
01.09.2015 | Letter to the Editor
Decision for intravenous thrombolysis in a young patient with acute vertical gaze palsy
verfasst von:
Athina Papadopoulou, Frank Johannes Ahlhelm, Philippe Lyrer, Jens Kuhle
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurologica Belgica
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Ausgabe 3/2015
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Excerpt
Thrombolytic treatment with intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) is effective for acute ischemic stroke, but neurologists might be reluctant to perform it in patients with mild and/or unusual symptoms. We report a case of a young patient, without any vascular risk factors, who presented with an acute vertical gaze palsy and was treated successfully with i.v. thrombolysis. …