A 52-Year-Old Woman With Depressed Mentation

by **MSR** Thu 06 Nov 2008, 8:23 am

<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center bgColor=#ffffff border=0><tr><td vAlign=top>A 52-year-old woman accompanied by a family member presents with a 5-day history of headaches, lethargy, nausea, blurred vision, and possible gait disturbance. The patient has a history of breast cancer. Over the course of the office visit, the patient's neurologic function deteriorates. An emergent CT scan of the head is obtained.

What is the reason for the patient's altered mental status?

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by **Deuce** Thu 06 Nov 2008, 10:57 pm

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A 52-Year-Old Woman With Depressed Mentation Emed-case-image-20081105

BACKGROUND

A 52-year-old woman accompanied by a family member presents with a 5-day history of headaches, lethargy, nausea, blurred vision, and possible gait disturbance. The patient has a history of breast cancer. Over the course of the office visit, the patient's neurologic function deteriorates. An emergent CT scan of the head is obtained.

Question:

What is the reason for the patient's altered mental status?

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