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An unusual case of stroke in a young patient.

Verghese S, Nair SB, Keep J

Emergency Medicine, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill London SE5 9RS, UK. saedav@yahoo.com

The patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been increasingly implicated in the aetiology of stroke, particularly in young patients with no other identifiable cause (cryptogenic stroke). A case of Parinaud's syndrome secondary to thromboembolism from a PFO is reported here.

Published 25 January 2007 in Emerg Med J, 24(2): e10.
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