A 92-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with a 10-day history of
right-sided headache, confusion, and episodic head turning to the left side that was
associated with spontaneous laughter and apparent visual hallucinations. Her family
also noted her to be inattentive to her left side. She had been seen in the Emergency
Department 3 days prior for the same symptoms, but discharged home after a computed
tomography (CT) scan of the head without contrast did not demonstrate any acute abnormalities.
Post discharge, her symptoms worsened, which led to her return to the Emergency Department.
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Published online: January 11, 2021
Thomas J. Marrie, MD, Section EditorFootnotes
Funding: None.
Conflict of Interest: None.
Authorship: All authors were involved in the clinical care of the patient. LBD and WLG conceptualized the article. LBD drafted the initial manuscript and all authors contributed to the writing and revision of the manuscript.
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