Altered Mental Status With Brain Lesions

Dimitrios Mathios; Jordina Rincon-Torroella

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-75614-3.00016-9

Altered Mental Status With Brain Lesions

Dimitrios Mathios, Jordina Rincon-Torroella

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Abstract

A middle-aged woman presents with altered mental status in the setting of narcotic use and possible seizure. Head CT shows a hemorrhagic right parieto-occipital and an infratentorial lesion causing fourth ventricular compression. Neurosurgery is consulted for diagnosis and management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Neurosurgical Consult Book
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	74-78
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323756143
ISBN (Print)	9780323756150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-75614-3.00016-9
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

Keywords

hydrocephalus
infratentorial tumor
posterior fossa metastasis
stereotactic radiosurgery
suboccipital craniectomy

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