Exam 3 Flashcards
Localization of the problem -
[Problem] Thinking/remembering
[Localization]
the hemispheres
Localization of the problem -
[Problem] Coordination
[Localization]
cerebellum
Localization of the problem -
[Problem] Arms/legs, with bladder or bowel control problem
[Localization]
spinal cord
Localization of the problem -
[Problem] Speech
[Localization]
left hemisphere
Ash leaf spot
- white mark on skin
- a lot of them (~40) could indicate tuberous sclerosis
Cafe au lait spot
- brown skin macule
- in the axillae (5+) could make the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis
Flammeus nevus
- flat red capillary skin stains
- Sturge-Weber: 1/2 of face
Marie Charcot Tooth syndrome
- Look for thin, stork-like legs
- Neuropathy will present with distal weakness therefore wasting, stork-like legs is a sign of peroneal nerve disease
- Cuts that don’t hurt
Myopathy presentation
Muscle weakness
Neuropathy presentation
Distal weakness; peripheral signs:
- claw toes, high arches
Diastematomyelia
- Split cord malformation (type of spinal dysraphism) is a longitudinal split in the spinal cord.
- Nevus flammeus along the spinal cord on the thoracic lumbar region
- Epidemiology: split cord malformations are a congenital abnormality and account for ~5% of all congenital spinal defects.
- Clinical presentation: may be minimally affected or entirely asymptomatic.
- Presenting symptoms include: leg weakness, low back pain, scoliosis, incontinence
Cerebral function - JOMAC
[J]udgment, problem solving [O]rientation to time and space [M]emory [A]ffective disturbances [C]alculation disturbances
Horner’s syndrome
- decreased sweating on the affected side of the face
- ptosis
- sinking of the eyeball into the face
- constricted pupil
- common in post-op follow up
Cranial Nerve 1
Olfactory nerve
- important to test for smell after a direct blow to the forehead above the nasal bridge which might involve a fracture of the cribriform plate
- not done often
- do not use “I-XII intact” unless you test everything
Cranial Nerve 2
Optic nerve
- Test for vision (visual acuity)
- Look for both the direct and consensual reactions
Cranial Nerve 3
Oculomotor nerve
- looks inward
- Paralysis of CN 3 results in inability for eye to adduct
Cranial Nerve 4
Trochlear nerve