CaseFiles Flashcards
Vascular territories
- contralateral arm>leg + gaze hemiparesis, aphasia
- aphasia, agnosia, apraxia
- diplopia / homonymous hemianopsia, vertigo, crossed facial & body findings
- middle cerebral artery
- anterior cerebral / carotid
- posterior / vertebrobasilar
dx?
rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus, sharp, triphasic synchronous discharges on EEG
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
MS treatments 1. for sx relief during acute attacks 2. disease modifying INFb Glatiramer Natalizumab (fx?) Gilenya 3. Immunosuppression (for progressive disease) Mitoxantrone cyclophosphamide / rituximab / cyclosporine / mtx 4. sx mgmt fatigue bladder dysfunction spasticity mood
- IV steroids (oral doesn’t work)
2.
INF-b: alters T cells and seals BBB
Glatiramer = copaxone: synthetic polypeptide of myelin basic protein -> decoy, prevents activation of T cells
Natalizumab = Tysabri: antibody -> prevents T cells from crossing BBB (fx = PML)
Gilenya (Fingolimod): spingosine analogue -> hinders migration of lymphocytes from LN to periphery
3.
Mitoxantrone = Novantrone: antineoplastic (fx = cardiotox and myelosuppressive)
4.
fatigue: amantadine, modafinil (sympathomimetic)
bladder: anticholinergic
spasticity: baclofen (GABA agonist) or tizanidine (a2 adrenergic agaonist)
mood: SSRI
Meningitis pathogens
- neonatal
- adults
- E. coli, listeria, GBS
2. Strep pneumo, n. meningitidis
viral vs. bacterial meningitis
- 1000 WBC
- normal glucose vs. low glucose
- normal protein vs. high protein
- lymphocytes vs. neutrophils
Meningitis abx coverage
Ampicillin
CTX
Vancomycin
Ampicillin: strep pneumo, n. meningitidis, listeria
CTX: gram(-), ampicillin-resistant Hib
Vanc: staph aureus (esp if recent neurosurgery)
Myopathies
- progressive proximal weakness w/o pain, LE > UE
- Muscle pain and stiffness in shoulder and pelvic girdle
- Skin rash and infalmmatory arthritis
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Hypothyroid features
- steroid-induced myopathy
- polymyalgia rheumatica
- inflammatory myopathies
- statins
- hypothyroid myopathy
Stroke localization
- pure unilateral motor weakness
- contralateral hemiplegia and ipsilateral CN
- isolated sensory pain w/ normal touch
- P&T deficit over ipsilateral face and contralateral body, ipsilateral bulbar muscle weakness, vestibulocerebellar impairment and Horner’s syndrome (motor spared)
- urinary incontinence, emotional disturbances
- ataxic hemiparesis, dysarthria / clumsy hand
- lacunar - internal capsule (posterior limb)
- vertebrobasilar - brainstem
- thalamic
- PICA - lateral medullar - Wallenburg
- anterior cerebral
- lacunar
Childhood seizures:
- what can it not be if >5yo
- 3Hz spike-wave EEG + triggered by hyperventilation
- shortly after awakening, triggered by sleep deprivation. Tx?
- nocturnal localized facila twitching and drooling
- absence w/ autonomic or tonic components
- absence like but w/ aura
- febrile seizure
- Absence
- Juvenile myoclonic - valproic acid
- benign Rolandic
- atypical absence, in cognitively challenged children
- complex partial
tx?
- status
- persistent status despite initial tx
- benzo / phenytoin
2. midazolam / PB
AEDs
- after 1st seizure
- generalized
- partial
- none
- valproate (teratogen, wt gain), ethosuximide
- phenytoin (gingival hyperplasia), carbamazepine (agranulocytosis, hyponatremia), lamotrigine (SJ), topiramate (nephrolithiasis, “dope-iramate = lowers IQ”), levetiracetam (Keppra rage), lacosamide
Types of headaches:
- episodic headache
- gradually worsening -> think about?
- persistent headache w/o change -> think about?
- chronic daily headache w/ episodic exacerbations
- before and after orgasm
- intense pain radiating from behind ear to temples w/ scalp sensitivity
- migraines -> daily less severe headaches punctated by severe migraines
- acute recurrent
- chronic progressive -> increased ICP
- chronic daily -> CVT
- mixed headache
- post coital cephalgia
- occipital neuralgia
- transformed migraines (overuse of pain relievers)
Migraine tx:
- abortive
- ppx (when to start?)
- ibuprofen, acetaminophen, triptans, antiemetics (chlorpromazine, prochlorperazine, metoclopramide), ergotamine
- BB, TCA, anticonvulsants (topiramate, valproate), antihistamines, CCB. Start if >3 attacks/mo
Developmental milestones:
- gross motor -> if problem think?
- social -> think?
- global -> think?
- cognitive
- cerebral palsy
- hearing problem
- autism
- perinatal injury / genetics
Stroke types:
- no unilateral weakness or numbness
- ataxia, nystagmus, facial weakness, occipital headache and neck stiffness
- contralateral motor and sensory deficits + homonymous hemianopsia
- contralateral motor and sensory deficits + gaze away vs. towards lesion
- contralateral motor and sensory deficits + seizure
- upgaze palsy
- reactive vs. nonreactive pinpoint pupils
- coma & total paralysis
- hypertensive
- cerebellar
- cerebellar
- basal ganglia (putamen, caudate, globus subthalamic nucleus, substantia, nucleus accumbens) or occipital lobe
- basal ganglia or occipital vs. thalamus
- cerebral (motor = frontal; sensory = parietal)
- thalamus
- pons vs. thalamus
- pons
- putamen of basal ganglia
med fx:
- somnolence, confusion, hallucinations in older patients, dyskinesia
- dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation, nausea & urinary retention
- ankle edema and livedo reticularis
- insomnia and confusion in elderly patients
- dopaminergic (levodopa, bromocriptine, pramipexole, ropinirole, entacapone or tolcapone)
- anticholinergic (trihexyphenidyl, benztropine)
- amantadine
- MAOB inhibitor (selegiline)
Contents of cavernous sinus (top to bottom)
- chiasm and internal carotid
- pituitary
- III, IV, VI, V1, V2
Tremors
- Resting tremor, better w/ mvmt
- Resting tremor, worse w/ mvmt
- Action tremor
- End-action tremor (target directed = intention tremor)
- Head tremor
- leg involvement vs. no leg involvement
- Parkinson
- Physiologic
- Essential
- Cerebellar
- Essential
- Parkinson vs. essential
tx for ET
propranolol (avoid if asthma or diabetes), primidone (anti-convulsant), alcohol -> botox -> Deep brain stimulation
functions of ACh
parasympathetic and NMJ
Tx:
- GBS
- trigeminal neuralgia
- MG
- MG crisis
- Restless leg syndrome
- ALS
- persistent post LP headache
- AD
- Lewy body dementia
- optic neuritis
- acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- infantile botulism
- Herpes zoster oticus
- dermatomyositis
- tourette
- IVIG or plasmapheresis
- carbamazepine
- pyridostigmine -> immunotherapy
- PEX or IVIG + steroids
- Fe or pramipexole or gabapentin
- Riluzole (glutamate inhibitor)
- epidural blood patch
- acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (donepizil)
- acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (rivastigmine, galanthamine), avoid neuroleptic agents
- IV steroids
- steroids
- antitoxin
- acyclovir and steroids
- steroids and immunosuppressants
- DA blocking agents
Cushing reflex
bradycardia + HTN + decreased RR (sign of high ICP)
heat + AMS vs. no AMS
heat stroke (thermoregulation failure) vs. heat exhaustion (inadequate fluid and salt replacement)
dx? weakness and muscle cramps -> paralysis leading to hyporeflexia
hypokalemia
dx? ECG w/ U waves, flat and broad T waves, premature ventricular beats
hypokalemia
iatrogenic causes of pseudotumor
GH, TCA, excessive vit A
fx of primidone?
acute intermittent prophyria (abd pain + hallucinations)
Dementia types
- insidious short term memory loss
- stepwise decline
- personality changes
- Visual hallucinations w/ parkinsonism, fluctuating
- Ataxia, incontinence and dilated ventricles
- rapidly progressive w/ myoclonus, seizures
- loss of smell
- Alzheimer
- Vascular
- Frontotemporal
- Lewy body
- NPH
- CJD
- Parkinson, Alzheimer
thrombotic vs. embolic vs. hemorrahgic vs. subarachnoid?
- maximal @ start
- signs of increased intracranial pressure
- seizure
- stuttering progression w/ periods of improvement
- WHOML
- neck stiffness
- no focal deficits
- embolic
- hemorrhagic
- hemorrhagic
- thrombotic
- subarachnoid
- subarachnoid
- subarachnoid
dx?
HIV patient w/ focal neurological deficits and multiple non-enhancing lesions
PML
Gait disorders
- ataxic
- magnetic
- short shuffling steps
- foot drop, slapping
- falling to one side
- cerebellar
- NPH/frontal
- Parkinson
- Neuropathy
- vestibular (labyrinthitis, meniere)
dx? young woman w/ bilateral trigeminal neuralgia
MS
dx? progressive ascending paralysis hrs vs. wks
Lyme vs. GBS
dx? cape distribution of sensory loss + areflexic weakness in upper extremities
Syringomyelia
dx? Parkinson pt w/ othostatic hypotension, impotence, incontinence
multiple system atrophy
dx? and tx?
- sudden sustained contraction
- restlessness
- tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia
- dyskinesia of mouth, face and extremities months after D2 blockade
- stabbing pain in eye w/ tearing, ipsilateral Horner’s, runny nose
- dystonia; benztropine or diphenhydramine
- akathisia; benztropine
- parkinsonism
- tardive dyskinesia
- cluster headache; 100% O2
Horners in:
- stroke
- headache
- neck injury
- lateral medullary
- cluster
- carotid dissection
w/u for:
- ET
- SAH
- new seizures
- seizure in known epilleptic
- infantile botulism
- CNVI palsy
- demyelinating polyneuropathy
- MRI
- CT -> if negative, LP
- MRI, EEG
- AED levels
- fecal
- MRI to look for vascular / demyelinating causes
- EMG, CSF, nerve biopsy
Imaging findings for:
- ET
- Parkinson
- AD
- Lewy body
- supranuclear palsy
- HIV dementia
- CJD
- melanoma brain mets
- PET showed increased activity in thalamus
- none
- temporal atrophy
- occipital atrophy
- midbrain atrophy
- diffuse cerebral atrophy
- normal or cortical ribboning / thalamic hyperintensity
- hyperintense on T1, hypointense on T2
Histology findings for:
- ET
- Parkinson
- AD
- Purkinje cell abnormality in cerebellum
- Substantia nigra (loss of cholinergic DA cells)
- Nucleus basalis of Meynert (loss of cholinergic cells)
Medical ddx for tremor
hyperthyroidism
What is Westphal variant?
childhood huntington, which looks more like Parkinson; lesion in neostriatum
dx and mgmt
twisting and repetitive mvmts w/ abnormal posture
dystonia -> MRI -> Primary (mutation, torsin A) vs. secondary (trauma, drugs, infections, anoxia) -> DA / anticholinergic, benzos / botox, deep brain stimulator in GPi
where is the substantia nigra
midbrain and basal ganglia