Headache and pain Flashcards
What is the most prevalent type of primary headaches?
A) Tension-type headache
B) migraine without aura
C) cluster headache
D) migraine with aura
A) Tension-type headache
Characteristic features of migraine, except:
A) pulsating pain
B) mostly unilateral
C) physical activity increases the intensity
D) dizziness
E) duration is 4–72 hours
D) dizziness
The average duration of migraine attacks is:
A) less, than 4 hours
B) 0.5-1 day
C) 4 days
D) one week
B) 0.5-1 day
What is the prevalence of migraine in adults?
A) 1–2%
B) 5–7%
C) 8–12%
D) more, than 20%
C) 8–12%
Which accompanying sign is not a diagnostic feature of migraine?
A) nausea, vomiting
B) phonophobia
C) photophobia
D) osmophobia (hypersensitivity to odors)
D) osmophobia (hypersensitivity to odors)
Which primary headache is more prevalent in males than in females?
A) migraine with aura
B) migraine without aura
C) tension-type headache
D) cluster headache
D) cluster headache
The onset of primary headaches may be, except:
A) in childhood
B) at young age (in the 2–3. decades)
C) in the 4th decade
D) above 60. years
D) above 60. years
Accompanying signs of cluster headache, except:
A) miosis
B) ptosis
C) conjunctival injection
D) paraesthesia on the contralateral side of the headache
E) bradycardia
D) paraesthesia on the contralateral side of the headache
What is the menstrual migraine?
A) subtype of migraine with a specific condition where the timing of attacks is linked to the menstrual cycle
B) migraine, where at least one of the attacks occurs during menstrual period
C) the most severe headaches occur during menstrual period
D) headaches exclusively occur between the menarche and climax
A) subtype of migraine with a specific condition where the timing of attacks is linked to the menstrual cycle
What is the characteristic nerve conduction velocity of unmyelinitaed pain-transmitting C fibers?
A) 70–120 m/s
B) 70–100 m/s
C) 15–40 m/s
D) 0.2–2 m/s
D) 0.2–2 m/s
What is lateral cordotomy?
A) lesion in the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus
B) incision of the posterior funiculus in the spinal cord
C) a surgical procedure that injures the spinothalamic lateral tract in the spinal cord
D) electric stimulation of periaqueductal gray matter in the brainstem in order to alleviate severe pain
C) a surgical procedure that injures the spinothalamic lateral tract in the spinal cord
Abdominal lancinating pain is a characteristic sign of:
A) spinal cord disease
B) tabes dorsalis
C) trigeminal-neuralgia
D) multiple mononeuritis
B) tabes dorsalis
What can not be the cause of trigeminal neuralgia?
A) idiopathic origin
B) multiple sclerosis
C) somatoform disturbance
D) cancer
C) somatoform disturbance
What is the difference between neuralgic and radicular pain?
A) characteristics of the pain
B) intensity of the pain
C) the pain can not be well localized
D) duration of the pain
D) duration of the pain
What is the diagnosis of the case: The patient has paroxysmal attacks with lancinating pain, restricted always to one side of the throat, back of the tongue, tonsil and ear. The pain lasts for seconds and can be triggered by swallowing (drinking liquids).
A) trigeminal-neuralgia
B) glossopharyngeal-neuralgia
C) occipital-neuralgia
D) tonsillitis
B) glossopharyngeal-neuralgia
Which one is contraindicated for migraine prophylaxis?
A) antihistamine, antiserotonine drugs
B) anticonvulsants
C) calcium channel blockers
D) ergotamine, dihydroergotamine preparations
D) ergotamine, dihydroergotamine preparations
Useful in acute cluster headache, except for:
A) O2 inhalation
B) indometacine
C) sumatriptane
D) lithium
D) lithium
Which one is effective in prophylaxis of cluster headache?
A) beta blockers
B) minor analgesics
C) calcium channel blockers
D) tricyclic antidepressants
C) calcium channel blockers
It can be effective in the treatment of tension type headache:
A) antihistamines
B) antihypertensives
C) tricyclic antidepressants
D) MAO-inhibitors
C) tricyclic antidepressants
A 45-year-old men lifting a heavy object experienced a sudden low back pain. The pain irradiates to his right buttock, posterior thigh, popliteal region and little toe. Upon examination he had Lasegue sign on the right side, missing right Achilles reflex and hypaesthesia of the little toe. Which root is affected?
A) L2 root
B) L3 root
C) L4 root
D) L5 root
E) S1 root
E) S1 root
First choice of treatment for trigeminal neuralgia is:
A) clonazepam
B) alcoholic ganglion infiltration
C) carbamazepine
D) retroganglionar neurotomy
E) none of them
C) carbamazepine
Which symptom can be caused by unruptured intracranial aneurysm?
A) signs of oculomotor nerve lesion
B) visual field defect
C) ipsilateral recurring headache
D) ipsilateral facial pain
E) all of them
E) all of them
A 50-year-old man experienced a sudden-onset headache during physical exercise with stiff neck, seizures, oculomotor nerve palsy and quickly developed coma. The probable diagnosis is:
A) bacterial meningitis
B) spontaneous aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
C) ruptured brain abscess
D) haemorrhage in a glioma
E) brain metastasis
B) spontaneous aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
The least typical statement for temporal arteritis:
A) steroid treatment can only be administered if biopsy confirmed the diagnosis
B) occurs above 50 years of age
C) a subtype of giant cell arteritis
D) characterized by headache, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
A) steroid treatment can only be administered if biopsy confirmed the diagnosis