Abstract
Call fleming syndrome is a rare entity without an accurate origin. We describe a female patient, 51 years old with medical history of hypertension who presents with sudden headache, neurological deficit, seizures with evidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage and multifocal brain vasospasm.
She was treated with calcium blocker channels, steroids improving her medical and neuro sonologic condition after 20 days.
This infrequent condition must be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of patients with thunderclap headache and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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