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A 62 year old diabetic female patient presented with history of progressive right-sided weakness of one-month duration. The patient was also having speech dificulty. Fudus examination showed papilledema. Two months ago, she also had a fall in her bathroom and struck her head against a wall. The most likely clinical diagnosis is:

A
Alzheimer's disease
B
Left parietal glioma
C
Left MCA territory stroke
D
Left chronic subdural haematoma
High-Yield Explanation
Answer is D (Left chronic subdural hematoma): The presence of progressive hemiparesis and aphasias together with signs of raised ICT (papilloedema) in an elderly patient, developing weeks after sustaining a mild head injury is characteristic of chronic subdural hematoma.

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