Normal CT head

Case contributed by Yaïr Glick
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Headache 10 days after a MVA - bleed?

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
ct

No intracranial bleed.
Frontal and parietal sulci mildly widened for patient's age.
Left ventricle slightly wider than right ventricle - physiological asymmetry.
The pituitary gland is flattened against the sellar floor - empty sella.
The cerebellar tonsils crowd the foramen magnum but do not extend below it.
Technically "straightened" cervical lordosis due to positioning.

Case Discussion

CT head of a young woman within normal limits; no finding to explain the headache.

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