SAQ 529 – Neurology – headache with seizure and abnormal CT brain

A 36-year-old woman presents with severe headache. While a registrar is performing lumbar puncture, she has a tonic-clonic seizure. A subsequent CT brain is shown below.

List six (6) potential causes for her seizure.

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List three (3) congenital and three (3) acquired differential diagnoses for the CT findings.

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</p> <table class="saq-prop-table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Congenital</th> <th>Acquired</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>

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List three (3) clinical features that mandate CT before LP in a patient with headache.

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