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Acute hemorrhagic stroke

Case contributed by Hugo Neves (RT)
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Sudden change in alertness.

Patient Data

Age: 77
Gender: Male

C-. Spiral acquisition

ct

CT scan shows massive left hemispheric hematoma with blood-fluid level. This has caused significant mass effect with subfalcine herniation causing left to right midline shift (19mm).

Left phthisis bulbi (incidental finding)

Case Discussion

Patient died 12 hours after CT scan.

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