PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aravinthan Varatharaj
AU  - Fraser Gordon
AU  - Peter Williams
TI  - A case of collapse
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-592
DP  - 2013 Dec 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 592--593
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/6/592.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/6/592.full
SO  - Clin Med2013 Dec 01; 13
AB  - We describe the case of a woman who presented with seemingly non-specific symptoms, including collapse, but through examination was eventually revealed to have an unusual, potentially fatal, but treatable neurological condition. We share some thoughts on the process of diagnosis, the difficulty of diagnosing a rare disease and the practice of neurology on the acute medical take. We also highlight the value of screening neurological examination in acute medical patients.