Spot the Diagnosis - XXXIII

(1) A patient looks pale and puffy feels more cold even in the month of summer.
Ans Myxoedema .
(2) Tumour of which part of the brain is characterised by temporal headache .
Ans pituitary tumour .
(3) Tumour of which part of brain is characterised by epileptic fits .
Ans Cerebral lobe tumour .
(4) After three days of head injury , There is ecchymosis over the tip of mastoid process .
Ans This sign is known as Battle' s sign and is found in the fracture of posterior cranial fossa .
(5) A patient of head injury who is deeply unconscious heralds impending death .What is that thing by which you can say like this .
Ans Rapid pulse rate .
(6) In case of head injury with bleeding from nose , what it indicates ?
Ans Fracture of the anterior cranial fossa .
(7) What does it indicate when bleeding from the ear or mouth happens in the case of head injury.
Ans fracture of middle carnial fossa.
(8) Rigidity of neck ,fever and vomiting is found in meningitis .
(9) In case of a head injury there is neck rigidity with fever .
Ans sub arachnoid hemorrhage .
(10) In which fracture - dislocation there is rigidity of neck but no fever .
Ans Fracture dislocation of cervical spine .