The Dark Knight
Consider a case of headache in a young female. This is what her quite unusual and revealing CT head showed:
If you can guess the cause of her headaches, her underlying diagnosis, and can work out what “batman’s eyes” are from the scan alone – congratulations!
Next you’ll be telling me how you cured the man with the withered hand, walked on water, raised Lazarus from the dead, and turned water into wine…
Find out the diagnosis here courtesy of the MJA.
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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