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Internal and Emergency Medicine
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 1/2018

01-01-2018 | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: an important non-aneurysmal cause of thunderclap headaches and subarachnoid hemorrhage

Authors: Mougnyan Cox, Neda Isabel Sedora-Román, Bryan Pukenas, David Kung, Robert Hurst

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2018

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A 64-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department (ED) after she experienced a sudden onset of ‘worst headache of her life’, which reached peak intensity several seconds later. She had some nausea, but no vomiting or loss of consciousness. She did not report any neurologic deficits, and denied a history of similar headaches in the past. She was taken by ambulance to the ED, where a non-contrast CT scan was obtained. …
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Title
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: an important non-aneurysmal cause of thunderclap headaches and subarachnoid hemorrhage
Authors
Mougnyan Cox
Neda Isabel Sedora-Román
Bryan Pukenas
David Kung
Robert Hurst
Publication date
01-01-2018
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1728-3

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