Neuro Flashcards by Frances Feeley

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thunderclap headache

A

SAH

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Xanthochromic LP

A

SAH

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lucid period after head trauma

A

extradural haematoma

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woody texture muscle swelling

A

duchenne or Becker MD

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raised CK

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MD

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Toe walking or positive Gowers sign

A

Muscular dystrophy

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mask like expression

A

parkinsons

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REM disturbance

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LBD or parkinsons

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personality/behavioural changes and then dementia

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frontotemporal dementia

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pain on loud noise

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facial nerve palsy

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painful 3rd nerve palsy

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aneurysm

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inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids

A

inclusion body myositis

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leg symptoms and midline shift

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falcine herniation

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back pain worse on coughing

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slipped disc

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weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis

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myotonic dystrophy (onset 30s, aut dom)

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pleocytosis on CSF

A

RULES OUT bacterial meningitis

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upper brachial plexus injury

A

Erb’s palsy

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waiters tip

A

Erb’s palsy

Q

Injury to lower brachial plexus

A

klumpke’s palsy

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claw hand

A

Klumpke’s palsy

Q

Shoulder dystocia

A

Erb’s palsy

Q

+ve Simmons’s test

A

achilles tendon rupture