20:7-year old male with a headache

Question 1

Which type of migraine has an aura?

Answer 1

Classic

Question 2

Which type of migraine doesn’t have an aura?

Answer 2

Common

Question 3

What’s post-infectious cerebellitis?

Answer 3

Several weeks after varicella or coxsackie virus, sudden onset ataxia, vomiting, nystagmus, with normal recovery

Question 4

Which viruses can cause infectious cerebellitis?

Answer 4

Mumps, enterovirus, EBV

Question 5

What’s opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome?

Answer 5

Jerking eye and body movements indicating neuroblastoma

Question 6

What obstruction do mass lesions in the cerebellum often lead to?

Answer 6

Obstructive hydrocephalus

Question 7

Infratentorial lesions present with cerebellar signs and signs of raised ____?

Answer 7

ICP

Question 8

Where in the brain are lesions that cause changes in muscle tone and DTRs, but usually lead to hypotonia and hyporeflexia?

Answer 8

Cerebellar hemispheric

Question 9

Where in the brain are lesions that cause focal motor and sensory abnormalities on the opposite side to the lesion?

Answer 9

Supratentorial

Question 10

Where in the brain are tumors that often are associated with cranial nerve and gaze palsies?

Answer 10

Brainstem

Question 11

Which pediatric brain tumor is a neuroectodermal tumor, can metastasize, and is the most common pediatric brain tumor?

Answer 11

Medulloblastoma

Question 12

Which pediatric brain tumor has the best prognosis and often has a cystic component?

Answer 12

Astrocytoma of the cerebellum

Question 13

Which brain tumor can be aggressive or not?

Answer 13

Brain stem glioma

Question 14

Which brain tumor results from within the 4th ventricle , has a 5-year prognosis of 50%, and causes symptoms of hydrocephalus?

Answer 14

Ependymoma

Question 15

Is CT good at visualizing the posterior fossa?

Answer 15

No, MRI is