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Name 2 Cause of 2nd order horner

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  1. Apical lung ca

2. Thor ao aneurysm

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4 Causes of 1st order horners

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  1. Wallenberg syndrome
  2. Stroke
  3. Demyalinating disease of cervical spine
  4. Cervical disc dz
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Name 3 causes of 3rd order horners

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  1. Ica dissection
  2. Cav sinus thrombosis
  3. Cluster ha
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Whats wallenberg syndrome?

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Infarct of lateral medulla 2/2 pica stroke affects ipsilateral horners (1st order)

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What male color blindness called

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Deuteranomalous

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What are the normal limits of a visual field?

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60 degrees sup
60 nasal
75 infrior
110 temporal

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What does homonomous mean?

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Is it on the same side of the vertical meridien?

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What are the two lhon genes

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11778 worse prog

14484 better prog

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Whats behrs syndrome?

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Infant hereditary optic neuropathy autosomal recess
Mr
Incontinence

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What is tensilon?

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Ach-ase inhibitor

Therefore puts ach there

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Whats lambert eaton?

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Mg-like syndrome

But problem is no release of ach from presynaptic terminal

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How does lambert eaton present?

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Fatigue in the am that gets better over the day

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What malignancy is lambert eaton associated with?

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Sc lung ca

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Whats kerns sayre?

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Cpeo
Pigmentary retinopathy
Heart block

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Order of muscles effected by thyroid

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Imslo

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Whats oculopharyngeal dyatrophy?

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Cpeo w dysphagia in french canadians

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Whats the #1 modifiable risk factor for thyroid orbitopathy?

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Quit smoking

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Whats the pathway of a horizontal saccade if you want to look right?

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Left frontal eyefields–> parietal eye fields–> superior colliculus of midbr–> pprf that connects cn3 and 6

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What part of the brain are you testing w an okn drum?

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Parietal lobe bc youre checking the horizontal saccade pathway

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Whats the pathway for vertical saccades?

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Frontal eye fields–> ipsilateral rostral interstitial nucleus of the mlf

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Whats the interstitial nucleua of cajal?

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Integrates the saccadic signals for upgaze and downgaze

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Name 4 causes of slow saccades

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1) pprf lesion
2) ino
3) anticonvulsants
4) paraneoplastic sx

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What causes an ino?

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Disruption of mlf extending from midbr to pons

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What are two causes of ino

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Ms

Stroke

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How does ino present?

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Ipsilateral adduction deficit w contralateral abduction nystagmus

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Whats one and a half syndrome? (Right side)

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Right mlf = cannot adduct od
Ipsilateral cn6 or pprf= cannot abduct od and yoke cannot adduct os bc pprf controls total gaze to the right

All thats left is contralateral cn6 abduction

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What does “supranuclear” mean?

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Involuntary control centers in the cortex

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What would a stroke of the right frontal eye fields cause?

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Eyes deviate toward the lesion (to the right) bc of unopposed signaling from left frontal eye fields

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What are the 4 signs of dorsal midbrain syndrome?

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1) upgaze palsy
2) colliers sign(bl lid retraction)
3) light near dissociation
4) convergence retraction nystagmus (on attempt to look up eyes nystagmus)

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Whats the ddx of light near dissociation?

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1) adies pupil (decr parasymp inn to pupil)
2) syphillis
3) dorsal midbr syndrome

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What are 4 findings in psp?

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1) slow saccades esp DOWNwARD
2) rigidity
3) dysphagia
4) apraxia of lid opening ( cant open eyes)

Fatal in 6 yrs

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What are the findings in convergence spasm?

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Miosis
Blurry vision
Et

Rx w cyclogyl and weak minus lenses

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Whats the 1 finding in convergence insufficiency?

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**Exotropia greater at near than distance of at least 10 pd **
Cannot bring eyes in

Rx w pencil pushups

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Whats a skew deviation?

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A hyper or hypo that doesnt fit into cn4 palsy. Its caused by vestibular issue

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Whats miller fisher syndrome?

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Variant of guillian barre
Goes from top down
Causes cn6 palsy
Anti Gq1b

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Whats pendular nystagmus?

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Both phases of the nystagmus are slow

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Whats jerk nystagmus?

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Type of nystagmus that has a slow and fast phase

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Whats infantile nystagmus syndrome?o

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Starts in first mnths of life
Can be jerk or pendular
Picks up w monocular occlusion
Can treat w kestenbaum procedure

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Whats latent nystagmus?

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Occurs w infantile et

Quick phase toward the fixing eye

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4 causes of downbeat nystagmus

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1) ms
2) lithium
3) arnold chiari (malformation of posterior fossa allows downward herniation thru foramen magnum)
4) mag deficiency

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What causes upbeat nystagmus?

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Midbr or cerebellar lesion
Ms
Tumor

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What type of nystagmus does ms cause?

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Any type!!’

Bc there can be demyelinating lasions in any part of brain

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What area of brain does torsional nystagmus localize to?

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Ponto-medullary junction

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Where does see saw nystagmus localize to?

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Sella

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Whats periodic alternating nystagmus and how to treat?

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Nystagmus switches directions q minute.
Seen in ms
Rx w baclofen

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Where does ocular bobbing localize to?

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Pons

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Whats see saw nystagmus?

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One eye goes down and the other goes up

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What drugs can you use for oscillopsia from nystgmus?

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Baclofen
Gabapentin
Memantine

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Whats opsoclonus (very testable)

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Saccadomania!!

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What are causes of opsoclonus?

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Infectious
Paraneoplastic (neuroblastoma in kids!!!!)
Drugs

Get mri

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Whats superior oblique myokymia?

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Spasm of cn4

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How do you treat sup oblique myokymia? 3 possibilities

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Propranolol
Ganapentin
Superior oblique tenectomy

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What should u suspect w pain and cn3 signs?

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Pcom aneurysm

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Whats webers syndrome

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Cn3 w contralat hemiparesis

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Whats benedicts syndrome

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Cn3 palsy w contalateral tremor

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Whats the ddx of multiple cn palsy?

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Pituitary apoplexy
Cav sinus
Growing tumor
Tolosa hunt(inflamm of cav sinus)

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How does pituitary apoplexy present?

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Labile bp
Adrenal insuff
Give hydrocortisone immediatly

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Findings in iih?

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Opening pressure >250 mm h2o
Normal neuroimaging
Empty sella
Nausea 
Enlarged bs
Papilledema
Tinnitus
Choroidal folds
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How do you work up iih?

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Check mri and mrv ( thrombosis of cerebral sinus) and LP

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How would a lesion of superior optic disc present of vf?

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Inf altitudnal defect

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How does a lesion of the papillomacular bundle present on vf?

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Cecocentral scotoma or central scotoma

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How does infarct of nfl present on vf?

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Arcuate scotoma

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Whats cecocentral scotoma?

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Connecta blond spot to center

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Whats the most common cause of an altitudnal defect on vf?

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Whats the ddx of enlarged bs (4 things)

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  1. Mewds
  2. Papilledema
  3. Od drusen
  4. Tilted nerve
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Most common cause of cecocentral or central scotoma?

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Compressive lesion
toxic
nutritional
optic neuritis

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Most common cause of superior alt defect?

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Optic neuritis

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Whats the ddx of bl optic neuropathy 4 things

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1) nutritional
2) toxic
3) lhon
4) compressive

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What types of vf do you think “its an on problem?”

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Cecocentral scotoma
Central scotoma
Altitudnal
Arcuate

69
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Most common vf in naaion?

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Inferior altitudnal defect

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If the defect respects the vertical meridian what does that mean?

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Defect is behind chiasm

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Vf respects the horizontal meridian what does that mean?

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Its an on problem

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Whats the ddx of atypical optic neuritis?

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Lyme

Sarcoid

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What to think of w papilledema?

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Tumor

Pseudotumor

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What imaging study to get w bitemporal hemianopsia?

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Why get gad on a scan?

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Enhances tumors

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What kind of vf do you get w willibrands knee lesion?

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Unilat complete scotoma and otherside temporal scotoma (bc of crossing nasal fibers)

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If you get a unilateral temporal defect respexting vertical midline wheres the defect?

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Pituitary tumor until proven otherwise!

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Where is meyers loop?

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Temporal lobe

79
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Where does inferior quadrantopia localize to?

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Parietal lobe

80
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You see left sides bilat homon hemianopsia which tract effected and which eye has apd?

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Right optic tract

Left apd

81
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What does incomplete third mean?

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Not all muscles involved

82
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How do you charterize cn3 palsy?

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  1. Complete vs incomplete

2. Pupil involved vs not involved

83
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What causes abbarent regeneration of cn3?

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Tumor

NOT vascular

84
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How is superior rectus innervated?

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Contralat cn3 nuc

85
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How is levator innervated?

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Single midline subnucleus innervates both levators

86
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Name 4 causes of pupil sparing 3rd

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1) vascular
2) mg
3) gca
4) ms

87
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What innervates so?

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Contralateral cn4 nucleus

88
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Whats in the cavernous sinus?

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3,4,51,52,6,ica w sympathetics on it

89
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Whats the three step test

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1) which is hyper
2) gaze
3) tilt test

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Name 3 causes of cn4 palsy?

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1) mg
2) trauma
3) ichemia

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What can a lesion of the clivus bone cause?

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Whats gradinegos syndrome

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6th n palsy from mastoiditis

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How does cn6 palsy get worked up if pt less than 60 w no ischemia signs?

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Mri look for cav sinus tumor, compression, ms

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Whats the finding when u put cocaine in horners person?

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Normal pupil dilates

Abnormal pupil does not dilate

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Whats millard grubler syndrome?

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6th nerve nuclear syndrome- lesion in pons
Ipsilat 6th
contralateral hemiplegia
ipsilateral facial palsy

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What happens when u put apraclonidine in horners

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Normal pupil does not dilate

Abnormal pupil does dilate

97
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Ddx of choroidal folds

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Tao
IIH
Posterior scleritis

98
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How is the mr lr io ir innervated?

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Ipsilateral cn3 nuc

99
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Triad of spasmus nutans and w/u

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1) low amp high freq nystagmus
2) head bobbing
3) torticollis

Get mri

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What % of pple will have naion in OThER eye?

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What % of pple w optic neuritis have pain?

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Whats a defining feature of congenital nystagmus?

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Increase slow phase velocity over time

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whats the finding in a CN6 NUCLEUS deficit?

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1) ipsilateral gaze palsy- eg right 6th nuc out = unable to look right both eyes
2) ipsilateral facial palsy

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what type of nystagmus has a VF deficit?

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see saw bc localizes to sella

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what type of nystagmus with defect of central tegmental tract? (midbr and pons)

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oculopalatal myoclonus

106
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a lesion to the MLF can cause INO and what else?

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skew deviation

107
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which cn palsy can you get in IIH?

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CN6- causes horiz diplopia 2/2 incr intracran pressure. They should not get vertical diplopia bc cn3 should not be involved.

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what are 2 types of vf defects you can get in IIH?

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1) enlarged BS

2) arcuate glaucoma-like defects

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an you get an APD in IIH?

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Yes, if papilledema is asymmetric

110
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what type of nystagmus do you get with lesion of the central tegmental tract (runs from pons to medulla)?

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oculopalatal myoclonus

111
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early male balding, difficulty releasing grip, cardiac conduction defects- which disease?

A

myotonic dystrophy

112
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what else can cause optic neuritis besides MS?

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sarcoid, lupus, syphillis

this is “atypical” ON- consider it esp when there florid papilledema w heme

113
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who gets ophthalmoplegic migraines and how does it present?

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children

migraine w cn3 palsy

114
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why can a right INO cause a right hyper w right incyclotorsion (in addition to adduction deficit on that side?)

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it causes a skew deviation b/c the MLF also gets vestibular input from the ear

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if a young woman comes in c/o scotoma w/o retinal dz or onh dz, but on hvf has an enlarged BS, how should you work up?

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mfERG

could be IBS (idiopathic blind spot syndrome) may show focal retinal problem

116
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what causes oculopalatal myoclonus?

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brainstem stroke. The nystagus usually presents years after the stroke

117
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pt presents with normal eye exam and numb chin, what should you ask about?

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h/o of cancer-

malignancies associated with mental neuropathy are lymphoma and breast ca

118
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injection of intracameral moxifloxacin at the end of cataract surgery has been asscoaited with what type of inflammation?

119
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when there is ONH swelling, whats the next question you should ask?

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are there disc hemorrhage
hemorrhages- most likely NAION (infarction of the ONH)
No heme- more likely optic neuritis

120
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optic neuritis- how long does it take to recover to baseline vision?

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85% return to baseline within 3 months

121
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what would make optic neuritis atypical?

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bilateral
age >50
no pain

122
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if you have optic neuritis w no white matter lesion- whats the chance you will dev MS in 15 years?

123
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if you have optic neuritis and 1 white matter lesion whats the chance you will dev MS in 15 years?

124
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what should you never give to a pt w optic neuritis?

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oral prednisone

125
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what MUST you have on exam to dx NAAION?

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ONH swelling (hyperemic)

126
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Whats the visual prognosis in NAION?

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1/3 get better, 1/3 stay the same and 1/3 get worse

127
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whats the typical vision in NAION?

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20/40

if they are LP or worse think AION

128
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Why does disk and risk cause NAION?

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crowding of structures in ONH, decreased axoplasmic flow

129
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what type of VF defect in NAION?

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inferior alt defect or central scotoma

130
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NAION in one eye whats the chance of getting it in the other eye?

131
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how do you treat AION if they have visual loss

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1g solumedrol x 3 days

followed by prednisone 1mg/kg/day

132
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how do you treat AION if they don’t have visual loss?

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prednisone 1mg/kg/day and order TA biopsy (increased your yield by 5%)

133
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whats the ddx of bilateral ONH edema?

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malig HTN- headache, double vision (6th), check BP
ONH drusen->do bscan
papilledema-

134
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papilledema VF

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Enlarged BS

135
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pale nerve must rule out infiltrative dz or mass cannot say naion wo seeing onh edema

136
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if pt c/o worsening vision over months w pale nerve and decr color vision whats next step?

137
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how does LHON present? who gets it

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mitochondrial
high-school aged male
bilateral hyperemic discs
gradual loss of vision in one eye then the other
may get worse symptoms with hot bath or exercise (uthoff phenomenon)
vision 20/200
bilateral central or cecocentral scotoma

138
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which LHON gene has better/worse prognosis

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14484- better

11778- worse

139
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What do you do w pupil involving 3rd?

140
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What do you do in a complete pupil sparing 3rd?

141
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What do you do in an incomplete (not all muscle effected) and pupil sparing 3rd?

142
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Where does benedicts localize to?

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Redn in midbr

143
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Where does claude sx (3rd w ataxia) localize to?

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Area between red n and cerebral peduncle

144
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Where does webers (3rd w hemiparasis) localize to?

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Cerebral peduncle (top of micky ear) in midbrain

145
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Blown pupil who walks into office and cn3 otherwise fine likely dx

146
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after damage to the nnfl how long does it take for ON atrophy to appear?

147
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what plt count is suspicious for GCA?

148
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where is the pprf located?

149
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wheres the interstitial nuc of cajal?

150
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according to the ontt, what % of pts w ON present with PAIN

151
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whats the biggest difference between papilledema from mass and onh swelling from other causes

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papilledema tends to have good vision until late in the course.
ONH edema from other causes tends to have shit vision right from the start

152
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whats a good way of distinguishing between foster kennedy and pseudo foster kennedy?

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foster kennedy- papilledema due to a mass will have a gvf of EBS 2/2 papilledema
pseudo foster kennedy 2/2 sequential naion should have gvf looks like naion (ie inferior arcuate)

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