CAT scan -- fall or stroke?

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> "Sparky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > "madiba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 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
> 
> An old woman, pushed, or falling, against a wall
> or to a carpeted floor from a standing position
> and with a lack of sufficient Vit. C (a.k.a.
> scurvey) might easily suffer bruising of the
> skin or brain...?  A doctor or nurse dealing
> with someone allegedly suffering from
> Alzheimer's would never know, right?
> 
> Would a radiologist pick-up on the situation?

I am a little confused as to what exactly is the situation in question?