Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Here we present the case of a 70-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status, left-sided gaze preference, left-sided hemineglect, and inability to follow commands. He had a past medical history of seizure activity and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with residual dysarthria and was on apixaban. His symptoms began after seizure activity and improved gradually. He was ultimately diagnosed by stroke neurology as having had an episode of Todd’s Paralysis. The differential diagnosis for patients for altered mental status with neurological deficits can be vast, but, in general, Todd’s Paralysis can be an ischemic stroke mimic upon presentation to the emergency department.
Authors: Thuc Vu, Kishan B. Patel
Institution: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7084038697
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