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how do you determine a depression fracture

tangenital view

what is suggestive of a basilar skull fracture with normal xrays

air fluid level in the sphenoid sinuis demonstrated erect or a cross-table lateral projection of the skull with a horizontal beam

what is suggestive of a basilar skull fracture with CT

presence of blood or fluid in the basilar cisterns

do you write the name of the patient of a POST MORTEM

no

why is the epidural hematoma so dangerous

high arterial pressure, epidural hematomas rapidly cause significant mass effect and acute neurologic symptoms.

what happens if we perform a MRI on a epidural hematoma 12 hours prior to the incident

low intensity signal on T1 weighted and hypointense on T1 images

is a subdural hematoma a venous or aterial bleed

venous

chornic subdural bleed has a similar density to …

CSF

what does chronic hematoma of intracerebral hematoma look like

filled with hemosiderin and appears black on T2 weighted images

what is the number one cause of a nontraumatic SAH

aneurysm rupture