To tPA or Not to tPA: Two Medical-Legal Misadventures of Diagnosing a Cerebrovascular Accident as a Stroke Mimic
We present two recent successfully litigated Girls Pajama malpractice cases in which patients with cerebrovascular accidents were misdiagnosed as stroke mimics.The first was diagnosed as a hemiplegic migraine, which occurs in only 0.01% of the population.The second was diagnosed as a conversion disorder, which ultimately has a Chargers neurologic e