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A - MB Exam Buzzwords > 3MBChB Neurology > Flashcards

3MBChB Neurology Flashcards

1
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“thunderclap headache”

A

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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2
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Kidney disease that can cause subarachnoid haemorrhage

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Polycystic kidney disease

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3
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Xanthochromic CSF on lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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4
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Lucid period after head trauma with subsequent collapse/deterioration

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Extradural haemorrhage

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5
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Cogwheeling

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Tremor + rigidity seen in Parkinson’s disease

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6
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“Woody” muscle swelling

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Duchenne/Becker MD

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7
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Fluctuating cognitive deficit with hallucinations

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Lewy body dementia

Delirium

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8
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Personality/behavioural changes and then dementia

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Frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)

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9
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Stepwise progression of dementia in someone with a history of CVD

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Vascular dementia

  • may seem to improve for periods of time until another stroke takes away more brain function, memory, and independence.
  • Eventually, untreated vascular dementia usually ends in death from stroke, heart disease, or infection.
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10
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Which arterial aneurysm causes a painful CN III palsy?

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Posterior communicating artery

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11
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Myalgia + myositis + myoglobulinaemia = ?

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Rhabdomyolysis

  • death of muscle fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream.
  • can lead to renal faiure
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12
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Which muscular dystrophy involves weakness, frontal balding, cataracts and ptosis?

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Myotonic dystrophy

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13
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Midline brain herniation with leg symptoms

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Falcine herniation

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14
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1st line Rx for migraine prophylaxis

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Propranolol/topiramate/amitriptyline

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15
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Nerve roots for Erb’s palsy

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C5, C6

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16
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Nerve roots for Klumpke’s palsy

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C8, T1

17
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Waiter’s tip posture

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Erb’s palsy

18
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+ve Simmond’s test

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Achilles tendon rupture

19
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Racoon/panda eyes

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Anterior cranial fossa fracture

20
Q

Battle sign

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Middle cranial fossa fracture

21
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Diarrhoea with subsequent weakness

A

Guillan-Barré

assoc. with Campylobacter

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