Abstract
A 51-year-old man with hypertension presented to the emergency department with sudden loss of consciousness (LOC). Two hours before presentation, his wife witnessed his abrupt collapse and called the emergency medical service. Vital signs were BP = 175/90, PR = 76, RR = 12, T = 36.9 ℃, GCS = 6/15 (E1,V1,M4), and his bedside glucometery was 138 mg/dL. While his facial and extremities movements were symmetric, there were abnormal pupil reflex, corneal reflex, gag reflex and bilateral plantar reflex. After intubation, he underwent non-contrast CT (NCCT) imaging of brain (Figure 1). Laboratory studies were insignificant.
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