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Susac’s syndrome is an uncommon autoimmune microangiopathy characterised mainly by encephalopathy, hearing loss and branch retinal artery occlusions. We present here a case of Susac’s syndrome with initial isolated arterial stroke symptoms which are not an uncommon feature of the disease.

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Magnetic resonance imaging stroke mimics SUSAC syndrome

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Susac’s syndrome as a rare arterial stroke mimic

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