J-LSMS 2014 | Annual Archive

Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society

R adiology C ase of the M onth

Progressive Slurring of Speech and Difficulty Reading in a 62-Year-Old Male

Chris Stark, BS; Jagan D. Gupta, MD; Tracy Austin, MD; Enrique Palacios, MD; Harold Neitzschman, MD

A 62-year-oldmale with controlled hypertension, coronary artery disease, and borderline diabetes presented to the emergency room after experiencing a gradual one-month progression of slurring of speech and dif- ficulty reading. The patient maintained his vital signs throughout his ambulance ride to the hospital and was clinically stable at time of arrival to the emergency department.

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38 J La State Med Soc VOL 166 January/February 2014

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