Neuro Flashcards

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Enlarged cup to disk ratio on opthalmoscope

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Glaucoma

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2
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Scalp tenderness,

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High dose steroids asap
Biopsy

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3
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Young F, daily headache, machinery noises in ears, transient vision, double vision, weight gain, acne, on OCP, smoker

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumour cerebri) - too much CSF fluid build up

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4
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Red flag eye sign

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Double vision

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5
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What does papilledema show

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fluffy and large cup

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6
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Acuity - near and far
Visual field
Colour vision

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7
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What questions do we need to ask when someone talks about loss of vision?

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Is it a black hole/defect
is it there a light
A shimmering edge?
Any colouurs?

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8
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Central visual defect

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9
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Migraines with auras can also present with?

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Hand mouth parasthesia

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10
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Epileptic seizures can be caused by

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Overstimulation in a particular pattern

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11
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What is seen in the brain in someone with temporal lobe epilepsy?

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Hippocampal sclerosis

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13
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Station - can you stand in the same position

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14
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High stepping gait
Left foot drop
Weakness
Babinksi sign
No sensory

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Corticospinal disease - motor neuron disease

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15
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Foot drop can be caused by:

Tibialis anterior, peroneal nerve, sciatic nerve
Lumbrosacral plexus
L5 root
Anterioer horn cell
Spinal cord
Deep white matter
Motor strip

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16
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What’s the condition called when their hand behaves by themselves?

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Alien anarachic hand
FT dementia

17
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What’s the syndrome called when you have fregoli syndrome

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Fregoli syndrome - when you think someone is an imposter

18
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Capgras syndrome - you think the room you’re in isn’t the real room you’re in

19
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Inability to recognise faces - key word

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Prosopagnosia

20
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Cotard’s sydnrome

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