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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Subarachnoid haemorrhage: a sinister cause of transient loss of consciousness during oral sex
  1. Jonathan Holmes1 and
  2. Yunus Gokdogan2
  1. 1 West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK
  2. 2 Emergency Department, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Holmes, jonathan.holmes{at}doctors.org.uk

Abstract

Transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) is a common presentation to the emergency department and has a multitude of causes from benign to potentially fatal. We describe the case of a young female presenting with TLOC during sexual activity that was subsequently diagnosed with subarachnoid haemorrhage. She had normal neurology and only moderate headache. She was subsequently transferred to a neurosurgical unit and underwent endovascular coiling of a small anterior communicating artery aneurysm. She was discharged 15 days later without sequelae.

  • Neurosurgery
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Headache (including Migraines)

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-228014

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors JH wrote the manuscript. YG reviewed and edited the manuscript. Both authors approved the final version for publication.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.