Acute cervical spinal disc prolapse masquerading as stroke, requiring emergency spinal surgery immediately following thrombolysis.

Sir, Acute cervical spinal disc prolapse masquerading as stroke is a rare entity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain did not reveal any diffusion restriction and MR angiography of the circle of Willis ruled out a major vessel obstruction. [Extracted from the article]

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