ABSTRACT

In patients with clinical findings of cerebrovascular accident, computed tomography is initially necessary for the differential diagnosis of mass lesions such as malignancy. If the lesion cannot be demonstrated with computed tomography or if there is a suspicion, magnetic resonance imaging should be performed. The diagnosis of a stage IV squamous cell lung carcinoma was made with further investigation in a 64-year-old male patient who was hospitalized with stroke clinic. In this case report, we emphasize that various disorders may be the underlying pathology in elderly patients with risk factors who admit to the emergency room with the stroke clinics and may easily be diagnosed to have cerebrovascular incident at initial evaluation

Keywords: Stroke, intracranial metastasis, squamous cell lung carcinoma