A patient with a family history of cavernous malformation presents to the emergency department following a seizure. The nurse anticipates which diagnostic testing?
1. Angiography
2. CT scan
3. Skull series X-ray
4. MRI scan
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Rationale 1: Cavernous malformations are low-flow lesions, and angiography is not diagnostic.
Rationale 2: A CT scan is not the most diagnostic tool available.
Rationale 3: Skull series X-ray is not the most diagnostic tool available.
Rationale 4: MRI scanning is the diagnostic tool of choice when cavernous malformation is suspected.
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