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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Hemiparesis, hemiplegia
Vascular: CVA (infarction, haemorrhage, TIA)
Tumour
Trauma: extradural or subdural haemorrhage (a history of trauma may not be apparent in the latter)
Other causes of transient hemiplegia/paresis: epileptic seizures (Todd's paralysis), migraine
Metabolic: hypoglycaemia can cause transient hemiplegia
Inflammation: multiple sclerosis, cerebral vasculitis
Infection: brain abscess from local (e.g. middle ear, sinuses) or distant (e.g. lung) infections
Vascular: CVA (infarction, haemorrhage, TIA)
Tumour
Trauma: extradural or subdural haemorrhage (a history of trauma may not be apparent in the latter)
Other causes of transient hemiplegia/paresis: epileptic seizures (Todd's paralysis), migraine
Metabolic: hypoglycaemia can cause transient hemiplegia
Inflammation: multiple sclerosis, cerebral vasculitis
Infection: brain abscess from local (e.g. middle ear, sinuses) or distant (e.g. lung) infections
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