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Diagnostic dilemma: A man's brain started bleeding after a dentist appointment

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A man in his late 60s who lived in Australia had a stroke 30 minutes after he'd had two teeth extracted at a dentist appointment.

The man had a type of hemorrhagic stroke in which a blood vessel ruptures in the brain.

Six weeks before his stroke, he'd been evaluated for signs of Parkinson's disease.