Uncommon causes of stroke : progress in diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

In the emergency settings, rapid identification of stroke is critically important. Furthermore, uncommon causes of strokes also share the clinical significance either in the emergency room or in the general hospital.

Uncommon causes of stroke contains arteriopathy (cervicocephalic artery dissections, Ehlers Danlos type IV, moyamoya disease, RCVS/PRES, etc), hematological disorders (Trousseau syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome, etc) and cerebral venous thrombosis. Recently, some uncommon causes of strokes gain some progress in understanding its evaluation and management such as Fabry disease, PRES, artery dissections, and Moyamoya disease.

On behalf of the neurologists' roles in the neurological emergency settings symposium, this article tried to disclose the road map for the era of the uncommon stroke. Uncommon causes of stroke will take neurologists to the new stage for the future stroke clinics with appropriate diagnosis and management.