Clinical Cases

Question 1

What are the defining characteristics of a CNS mass?

Answer 1

focal and progressive

Question 2

What is a CNS non-mass

Answer 2

focal and nonprogressive
or
diffuse and progressive

Question 3

What is an indeterminate CNS lesion?

Answer 3

transient

Question 4

Vascular lesions temporal profile

Answer 4

acute (<24 hr. to reach maximum)

Question 5

Inflammatory lesions temporal profile

Answer 5

subacute (1 day-1 month to reach maximum)

Question 6

Neoplastic lesions temporal profile

Answer 6

chronic (>1 mo.) and focal

Question 7

Degenerative lesions temporal profile

Answer 7

chronic (>1 mo.) and diffuse

Question 8

What are intersegmental findings?

Answer 8

involvement of major descending motor and ascending sensory pathways

Question 9

What are segmental findings?

Answer 9

involve specific components of the CNS or periphery and have more localizing value

Question 10

Lesion localized to posterior fossa has what type of manifestation?

Answer 10

ipsilateral CN deficit

contralateral body deficit

Question 11

Spinal cord lesions manifest as

Answer 11

bilateral (not necessarily equal) deficits