From apoplexy to stroke

From apoplexy to stroke.

From apoplexy to stroke: plus ca change...

EDITORIAL From apoplexy to stroke: plus 9a change.,. Medical literature reviews usually encompass a few decades of knowledge. Indeed, our recently found fascination with systematic reviews and meta-analysis is constrained by the short history of the randomized trial. In this issue of Age and Ageing, Pound and her co-authors [1] have chosen a much more ambitious literature review format: to trac...

From Apoplexy to Brain Attack, a Historical Perspective on Stroke to Date

It was during the fourth century BC, when Hippocrates first named the phenomenon of sudden onset of paralysis, loss of consciousness or sudden death: ‘Apoplexy’ as in 'struck down violently'. He was the first to approach scientifically what was then thought to be a ‘stroke of God’s hand’. Hence, many of the basic terms for stroke and carotid disease derive from ancient Greek medical literature ...

Optochiasmal apoplexy from a cavernoma.

A 25-year-old woman awoke with right-sided visual loss the morning following a severe right temporal headache. An urgent MRI scan suggested optic neuritis, but there was no improvement in vision despite methylprednisolone. On examination of the right side 7 days later, acuity was 20/50–2, and she saw no color plates. There was a trace of optic nerve pallor with increase in cup-to-disc ratio com...

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