Left-sided weakness.

John R. Gaughen, Jr., MD

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Abstract:  27 year-old female presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of progressive headache, complicated by the acute onset of left-sided weakness
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Question Text 

Which vascular abnormality accounts for the imaging findings?
 

Answers
 Answer: Arteriovenous malformation. 
Correct Answer? 
No
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 Answer: Right posterior cerebral artery aneurysm. 
Correct Answer? 
No
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 Answer: Right posterior cerebral artery thromboembolism. 
Correct Answer? 
No
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 Answer: Dural venous sinus thrombosis. 
Correct Answer? 
Yes
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 Answer: Cerebral abscess. 
Correct Answer? 
No
 
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