Neuro Flashcards
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Risk factors for cerebrovascular disease
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- hypertension
- smoking
- diabetes mellitus
- hyperlipidaemia
- atrial fibrillation, bacterial endocarditis, myocardial infarction (emboli)
- Haematological disease
- family history of stroke
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Symptoms and signs of temporal arteritis
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Symptoms
- headache often present for 2-3 months
- jaw claudiction
- malaise
- shoulder girdle pain and stiffness (polymyalgia rheumatica)
- visual disturbance, often transient monocular blindness
Examination findings
- fever
- tender temporal artery
- enlarged temporal artery
- ischaemic changes of the tongue or scalp
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Facial pain differential
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- trigeminal neuralgia
- temperomadibular arthritis
- glaucoma
- cluster headache
- temporal arteritis
- ICA aneurysm/post comm artery
- superior orbital fissure syndrome
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