Clinical Findings
Upon admission, vital signs showed an increase in blood pressure (180/110 mm Hg), while the heart rate (65 bpm) and the respiration rate (18 per minute) were within normal limits. The neurological examination revealed the following features: transcortical sensory aphasia, left-sided homonymous hemianopia, mild left-sided central facial nerve palsy, moderate dysarthria, left-sided central hypoglossal nerve palsy, mild left-sided hemiparesis (4/5), a pathological Babinski sign on the left, and left-sided hemi-lateral hemihypesthesia. The NIHSS score was 12 points. The mRS score was 2.