Re: CAT scan -- fall or stroke?

Mark Tarka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> First:  Can CAT distinguish an
> injury due to a fall, from an injury
> caused by an ischemic stroke?  How/why?
Yes. Because the ischemic lesion looks (very) different to the bleeding
caused by a stroke.
> 
> Second:  Can CAT distinguish an
> injury due to a fall, from an injury
> caused by a hemorrhagic stroke?  How/why?
Yes. Because the bleedings occur in different regions 
of the brain. Even if both occur they tend to stick to their own
regions.


> Lastly:  is there any radiological or
> clinical difference between "subdural
> hematoma" and a "hemorrhagic stroke"?
Hem. stroke patients often have a history of hypertension.
The hematoma patients often have a bump on their head.
In advanced cases both types are somnolent, later comatose.
In early stages both the clinical and the rad. signs depend apon where
the bleed occurs. The hem. stroke patient usually has the more serious
prognosis as it often lies in or near vital regions of the brain. 

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madiba