A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency department 40 minutes after a witnessed generalised tonic-clonic seizure lasting 5 minutes that stopped sp...

Question

A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency department 40 minutes after a witnessed generalised tonic-clonic seizure lasting 5 minutes that stopped spontaneously. He is now alert with normal examination. Which single feature in his history most strongly mandates urgent brain imaging before discharge?

Accepted Answer

He is on warfarin for a mechanical heart valve

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The seizure occurred at work

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He bit his tongue during the seizure

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He has a history of well-controlled focal epilepsy

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He is left-handed

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Seizure in anticoagulated patient