Re: CAT scan -- fall or stroke?

"madiba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Mark Tarka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Anyone at all with a solution to the problem:
> > brain injury due to a fall as opposed to an
> > ischemic stroke -- is the answer correct --
> > "ischemic lesion looks (very) different to
> > the bleeding caused by a [ischemic] stroke"?
> Oh for Pete's sake it was a typo, get over it.
> If it wasn't for that attitude of yours I would have corrected it sooner
> It should read:
> "the ischemic lesion looks (very) different to the bleeding caused by a
> fall". Those were the only two lesions being compared in that question.
> Are all chemists so pedantic?
> -- 
> madiba

The simplest way to help differentiate these 2 conditions would be to look
for the obvious - if there is new swelling of the scalp, or new # of the
skull - and no other known pre-existing conditions - a person could start to
lean towards the brain insult being of a traumatic nature.

Just a thought...

        Sparky