Vascular disease Flashcards
1
Q
gold standard imaging for suspected stroke
A
non-enhanced head CT
2
Q
appearance of ischaemic stroke on head CT
A
if early = hyperdense segmento f vessel (thrombus/emoblus)
but generally black wedge shaped infarct with reduced attenuation (darker), loss of grey white matter differentiation, cortex invovlement and brain swelling (lack of sulci, midline shift etc)
3
Q
features of extradural haemorrhage on CT head
A
biconvex shape
limited by suctures
4
Q
features of subdural haemorrhage on CT head
A
crescent (semilunar) shape
crosses suctures
5
Q
features of subarachnoid haemorrhage on CT head
A
hyperdense (white) material in subarachniod space
6
Q
what is subarachnoid haemorrhage associated with
A
berry aneurysm
