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A 71-year-old right-handed man presented to the emergency department with acute spatial and temporal disorientation and transcortical sensory aphasia. He had a history of hypertension and dyslipidaemia and a long history of untreated primary cervical dystonia. A CT scan of head was normal and axial T2 weighted MR scan of brain showed an acute infarction in the left …
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Contributors JV, PJG-R and AH: Designing, interpretation and drafting the manuscript.
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned. Externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by Alan Whone, Bristol, UK.
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