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Clinical case: Sudden headache and left motor deficit in a hypertensive patient

Woman, 52 years · Emergency department · Neurosurgery

Mrs. Dupont, 52, is brought to the emergency department by her daughter for a sudden holocranial headache that appeared 3 hours ago, immediately maximal (VAS 10/10), which she described to her daughter as the worst headache of her life. She experienced double vision for a few minutes at the beginning, then complained of weakness in her left arm.

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