35-year-old man presenting after a fall

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A 35-year-old man with a past medical history significant for Chiari malformation and pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Xarelto presented after an 8-foot fall from a loading dock. The patient was noted to have a large left forehead hematoma and a seizure of five seconds' duration noted by EMS prior to arrival. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 15, and his Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) exam was positive.

University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Radiology

September 21, 2022

Instructions

Interactive questions with live hyperlinks are interspersed within this coursework. Please respond to each question as you encounter it while working through the material. You need to select the correct answer for each and every question in order to receive CME credit for this course.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the exercise, you should be able to:

Explain why the featured patient presented with the stated history.
Describe the radiographic findings for the diagnosis.
Give a differential diagnosis for the radiographic findings.
Discuss key points of the diagnosis.

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