68-year-old woman, collapse, mute, drooping face, flaccid right arm

A 68-year-old right-handed woman with poorly controlled hypertension is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at her kitchen sink. She is alert but mute, with a drooping right face, flaccid right arm, and weak right leg. Both eyes are forced into a hard left gaze.

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