Neuro Flashcards

1
Q

thunderclap headache

A

SAH

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2
Q

Xanthochromic LP

A

SAH

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3
Q

lucid period after head trauma

A

extradural haematoma

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4
Q

woody texture muscle swelling

A

duchenne or Becker MD

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5
Q

raised CK

A

MD

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6
Q

Toe walking or positive Gowers sign

A

Muscular dystrophy

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7
Q

mask like expression

A

parkinsons

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8
Q

REM disturbance

A

LBD or parkinsons

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9
Q

personality/behavioural changes and then dementia

A

frontotemporal dementia

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10
Q

pain on loud noise

A

facial nerve palsy

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11
Q

painful 3rd nerve palsy

A

aneurysm

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12
Q

inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids

A

inclusion body myositis

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13
Q

leg symptoms and midline shift

A

falcine herniation

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14
Q

back pain worse on coughing

A

slipped disc

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15
Q

weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis

A

myotonic dystrophy (onset 30s, aut dom)

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16
Q

pleocytosis on CSF

A

RULES OUT bacterial meningitis

17
Q

upper brachial plexus injury

A

Erb’s palsy

18
Q

waiters tip

A

Erb’s palsy

19
Q

Injury to lower brachial plexus

A

klumpke’s palsy

20
Q

claw hand

A

Klumpke’s palsy

21
Q

Shoulder dystocia

A

Erb’s palsy

22
Q

+ve Simmons’s test

A

achilles tendon rupture