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Surgery Head Injury ba803621

Lucid Interval is seen in?

A
Extradural hemorrhage
B
Subdural hemorrhage
C
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
D
All of these
High-Yield Explanation
ANSWER: (A) Extradural hemorrhageREF: Bailey and love 25tn edition page 303, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery 9th edition chapter 42. Neurosurgery,"The classical presentation of an EDH, occurring in less than one-third of cases, is initial injury followed by a lucid interval when the patient complains of a headache but is fully alert and orientated with no focal deficit. After minutes or hours a rapid deterioration occurs, with contralateral hemiparesis, reduced conscious level and ipsilateral pupillary dilatation as a result of brain compression and herniation"

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