Neuro Flashcards
thunderclp headache
subarachnoid haemorrhage (cf. PCKD)
xanthochromatic lumbar puncture
subarachnoid haemorrhage
lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration)
extradural haemorrhage
cogwheel rigidity
Parkinson’s (spastity over rigidity)
woody texture muscle swelling
Duchenne or Becker MD
raised CK
muscular dystrophy
toe-walker or + gower’s sign
muscular dystrophy
mask-like expression
parkinson’s
fluctuating cognitive deficit
lewy body dementia or delirium
REM disturbance
lewy body dementia or Parkinson’s
vivid visual hallucinations normally of children and not threatening
lewy body dementia
acute onset cognitive disturbance that fluctuates
delirium
personality/behaviour changes followed by dementia
frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)
memory and personality problems in someone w/ Hx of cardiovascular disease
vascular dementia
stepwise deterioration
vascular dementia
pain on loud noise
facial nerve (VII) palsy
painful third nerve palsy
aneurysm
myalgia + myositis + myoglobulinaemia/uria
rhabdomyolysis (disseminated intravascular coagulation and renal failure)
inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids
inclusion body myositis
weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis (often w/ onset in 30s, +ve FHx)
myotonic dystrophy
leg symptoms + midline shift
falcine herniation
back pain worse on coughing
slipped disc
headache worse on coughing
posterior fossa issue
bilateral sciatica + male sexual dysfunction
cauda equina
pleocytosis on CSF
rules out bacterial meningitis
migraine prophylaxis 1st line
propranolol, topiramate, or amitriptyline (if one not working by 3/12, try another)
migraine prophylaxis 2nd line
valproate, pizotifen, gabapentin, pregablin
injury upper brachial plexus
Erb’s palsy (waiters’ tip or low-five)
injury lower brachial plexus
Klumpke’s palsy (claw hand)
+ve Simmond’s test
Achilles tendon rupture
