A 68-year-old female patient is complaining of a headache and generalized weakness. Her husband informs you that she was with a friend yesterday and struck her face on the dashboard during a motor vehicle collision. Her past medical history includes a stroke that caused right arm weakness and high blood pressure. When assessing this patient, which of the following findings should concern you the
most?
a. A contusion to her left cheek
b. Weakness in the grip of the right hand
c. Bruising behind her left ear
d. A complaint of pain when she moves her jaw
Answer: c
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