A 35-year-old nondiabetic, nonhypeensive individual to casualty with a sudden bursting headache and altered sensorium. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Meningitis
Encephalitis
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Intracranial tumor
Harrison's textbook of internal medicine 17th edition...Davidson's principles and practice of Medicine 23 rd edition. *Hemorrhage usually presents as abrupt onset of focal neurological deficit and can be considered as a spectrum of symptoms from transient (TIA) to persistent(stroke).. *Deficit typically worsen steadily over 30 -90 min(if symptoms progress over hours and days ,other diagnoses must be excluded)it is associated with diminished level of consciousness ,signs of increased ICT-headache,vomiting ,prominent sensory deficit involving all modalities .
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