65 yo male found lying down at home. His mental status is somnolent. CT of the head is shown above. Describe the abnormality.
Question 1 - Single Best Answer
65 yo male found lying down at home. His mental status is somnolent. CT of the head is shown above. Describe the abnormality.
A) An extra-cerebral lesion on the right side.
B) An intra-cerebral lesion on the right side.
C) A fracture of the skull.
Question 2 - Single Best Answer
Describe the enhancement of the lesion on the CT of the head in question #1.
A) High density
B) Low density
C) Features both high and low density.
Question 3 - Single Best Answer
What is the diagnosis of this patient?
A) An acute hemorrhagic cerebral infarction.
B) An epidural hematoma
C) A subdural hematoma
Question 4 - Single Best Answer
65 yo male presents to the ER with a sudden onset of headache and left side weakness of his arms and legs while eating breakfast. The head CT is shown above. What is the abnormality seen?
A) Right sided intra-cerebral low density circular lesion with a surrounding area of high density.
B) Left sided intra-cerebral low density circular lesion with a surrounding area of high density.
C) Right sided intra-cerebral high density circular lesion with a surrounding area of low density.
D) Left sided intra-cerebral high density circular lesion with a surrounding area of low density.
Question 5 - Single Best Answer
What is your diagnosis on the above case?
A) An acute hemorrhagic infarction.
B) An acute epidural hematoma.
C) An acute subdural hematoma.
Question 6 - Single Best Answer
For the patient above, what is the most common predisposing medical condition?
A) Diabetes Mellitus
B) Heroin abuse
C) Severe hypertension
D) Trauma
Question 7 - Single Best Answer
In the case above, is anticoagulation therapy indicated?
A) Yes
B) No