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Part-II: HPI
He had history of intermittent headache one month prior to the current compliant at
which time he fall down on the ground by losing his balance while he went out of school
on the way to home. He has trouble in grabbing his shoe tie and unable to walk properly
after falls down.
He had trouble in concentrating and forgets the names of his children.
He has no prior history of Hypertension or diabetes except he had one episode of high
blood pressure 5 years back which was measured after heavy exercise.
He is a known HIV patient taking antiretroviral drugs.
He has occasional muscle pain and joint pain
No previous history of muscle weakness
One year ago he was hit by a car after which he got treated and told to be cured.
Six weeks ago he had loss of vision in the morning for about 15minutes which improved
by itself without any treatment
No history of fever
He smokes cigarette for the last 30 years.
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General Appearance: He has left side facial weakness and gait abnormality
V/S: BP: 180/110 mmHg, HR: 63 beat/minute not full volume, RR: 22 breath/minutes, T⸰=37
℃
Head, Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat
o Has mild contusion and abrasion on the left side of the head
o Pink conjunctiva and non icteric sclera
o Unable to close the left eye
o Has loss of naso-labial fold on the left side of the face
o Unable to puff his check and unable to drink or chew on the left side
o The face moves towards the right while smiling
o Excessive drowning of saliva
Lymphoglandular System
o Cervical lymph node which is solitary measures 0.5 cm by 0.5 cm
o Axillary and inguinal lymph nodes also measure 0.5 cm by 0.5 cm
Respiratory System
o Clear and resonant
o Bilateral and equal air entry
Cardiovascular System
o S1 and S2 well heard, no murmur
o S4 heard
Abdomen
o Full and moves with respiration
o Big tummy with central obesity
o No enlarged intra-abdominal mass and no pain on touching
o Bowel movement is 10 per minute
Genitourinary System
o No flank pain during touching
Musculoskeletal and Integumentary System
o No scar and skin discoloration
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Imaging
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Chest x-ray
No tracheal deviation, No Hilar lymphadenopathy and retrosternal mass extension
Left heart border is displaced leftward, inferiorly and posteriorly. There is rounding
of cardiac apex.
Echo
Left ventricular hypertrophy
CT scan
No mass, collection but there was blood clot in the subdural space
MRI
Brain parenchyma is normal
No ring enhancement on contrast
There is Subdural hemorrhage on T1W1
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Part five: – Case summary/ Synthesis /validation of key point’s regarding the
specific cased to be approached /solved (for Tutors use only)
Medical treatment
o Anti Hypertensives
o Aspirin/ Statin
Surgery
o Surgical evacuation of subdural heamatoma.
Rehabilitation
o Physiotherapy
o Diet modification
o Exercise