Abstract
An 88-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation presented to the emergency room after being found unresponsive with a NIH Stroke Scale score of 23 and Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3. She was unresponsive to painful stimuli. Noncontrast CT demonstrated bilateral thalamic infarcts (figure 1A).
MeSH terms
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Aged, 80 and over
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / pathology*
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Atrial Fibrillation / complications
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Brain Infarction / complications
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Brain Infarction / pathology*
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Carotid Artery Diseases / complications
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Carotid Artery Diseases / pathology*
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Coma / etiology
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Coma / pathology*
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Female
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Humans
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Hypertension / complications
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Thalamus / blood supply*
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Thalamus / pathology