CT Brain in Stroke & Head Injury — Topic Test
17 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 35-year-old woman with known systemic lupus erythematosus presents with sudden onset severe headache and altered sensorium. Non-contrast CT head shows a hyperdense lesion in the right Sylvian fissure with blood tracking into the basal cisterns. MRI brain with contrast reveals an irregular vascular structure at the right middle cerebral artery bifurcation. Which of the following is the INVESTIGATION OF CHOICE to characterise this lesion and plan intervention?
ACT angiography (CTA)
BTranscranial Doppler ultrasonography
CMR angiography (MRA) without contrast
DDigital subtraction angiography (DSA)