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Neuro Flashcards

1
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Carbon monoxide poisoning

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T2 hyperintense globus pallidus

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2
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Craniopharyngeoma

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Internal calcs
Light bulb avid heterogenous enhancement

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3
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Cruciform uptake in pons

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MSA

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4
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Best to assess pituitary tumour

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Coronal

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5
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Ependymoma

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Peritumoural oedema

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6
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Pituitary macroadenoma

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T1 dark
T2 bright
Enhances less than normal pituitary

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7
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Spinal avf

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T6- conus medularis
Involves pial vessels
Outside on surface of cord

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8
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Spinal avm

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Nidus between artery and vein
Intramedullary

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9
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Superficial siderosis

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Late complication of sah

Sensorineural hearing loss
Ataxia
Cerebellar atrophy
Low signal t2*
Blooming

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10
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Prusak space eroding scutum

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Cholesteatoma

Flaccida-scutum
Tensa- ossicles

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11
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Jugular foramen smooth widening

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Schwannoma

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12
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Medulloblastoma

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Ct hyperdense
Roof of 4th ventricle

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13
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Cryptococcus

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Gelatinous perivascular space
No enhancement

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14
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Toxoplasmosis

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Low choline on spect
Ring enhancing
Involved basal ganglia and peripheral cortical white matter

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15
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Tolosa hunt

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Cavernous sinus inflammation
Periorbital headache and opthalmoplegia
Enhancement and high t2
Rapid response to steroids

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16
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Pml

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Involves u fibres
Parietal occipital
No mass effect or brain atrophy

17
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Hiv

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Symmetrical
Spares u fibres

18
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Temporal.lobe mass

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Ganglioglioma
Temporal lesion

19
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Oligodendroglioma

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Cortical based
Calcifies
Frontal lobe usually

20
Q

Ca lung with temporal t2 changes

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Limbic encephalitis

(Small cell - basically paraneoplastic )
Differential is HSV but titre would be negative

21
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Tumefactive MS

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Large aggressive demyelinating lesions
I’ll defined ring enhancing
Little surrounding oedema

22
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Restricting brain lesions

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Gbm
Medulloblastoma
Lymphoma

(Abscess restricts centrally )

23
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Brain Mets

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Rim enhancing
(Old man, it’s this )

24
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Tb spondylitis

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Subligamentous involvement
Lower thoracic/upper lumbar

25
Q

Inverted papilloma

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Convoluted cerebriform pattern on T2 and T1 post con

26
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Mucocele

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Rim enhancement
Expansion
T2 hyper

27
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In trigeminal neuralgia

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3D ciss MRI

(Or post contrast T1 FS)

28
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Pial angioma and gyriform calcification

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Sturge weber

29
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Metaphyseal not crossing

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Osteomyelitis in paeds. In young paeds before physis closes - can cross to epiphysis

30
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Epiphyseal lesions

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Gct and osteoblastoma

31
Q

Posterior cingukate gyrus

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Alzheimers

32
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Anterior cingulate spared

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Lewy body

33
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Mesial temporal atrophy and posterior cingulate gyrus as well as precuneus

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Alzheimers

34
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Temporal lobe, cystic enhancing lesion with calcifications .
T1 iso and T2 hyper

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GANGLIOMA

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