Neuro Flashcards
How many layers is the cortex?
6
How many layers is the hippocampus?
3
What part of the brain is the last part of myelinate?
subcortical white matter
What parts of the brain are myelinated at birth?
brainstem, posterior limb of the internal capsule
The sinuses form in what order?
maxillary, ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal
What goes through the foramen ovale?
V3, accessory meningeal artery
Foramen rotundum?
V2
SUperior orbital fissure?
CN 3, 4, V1, 6
Inferior orbital fissure?
CN V2
Foramen spinosum?
middle meningeal artery
Jugular foramen pars nervosa?
CN 9
Jugular foramen pars vascularis?
CN 10, CN 11
What is the tympanic branch of the CN9?
Jacobsons nerve
What is the auricular branch of CN 10?
arnolds nerve
What goes through the cavernous sinus?
CN3, 4, V1, V2, CN 6 carotid
What are the branches of the external carotid?
Some Adminstrative assistants like fucking over poor medical students.
superior thyroid ascending parhyngeal lingual facial occipital posterior auricular maxillary superficial temporal
Its origin is at the dural ring?
C6-opthalmic=supraclinoid
What is the most common vascular variant?
fetal origin of the PCA
What is the orientation of the PCOM to CN3 in fetal PCA?
superior lateral to CN 3 instead of superior medial
What is an aberrant carotid artery?
enlarged inferior tympanic artery anastomosis with an enlarged caroticotympanic artery
What does the vein of trolard connect?
superficial middle vein to superior sagittal sinus
What does the vein of labbe connect?
superficial middle vein and the transverse sinus
CN3 palsy think what kind of aneurysm?
PCOM
CN 6 palsy think what ?
increased ICP
What does intracranial hypotension look like?
distention of dural sinuses, prominence of the intracranial vessels and engorgment of intracranial vessels, engorgement pituitary
idiopathic intracranial hypertension pseudotumor cerebri
slit like ventricles, pituitary shrinks, venous sinuses compressed
upward bowing of the corpus callosum
normal pressure hydrocephalus
What nerve gets compressed in descending transtentorial herniation?
CN3
What is kernohans notch?
midbrain on tentorium leads to ipsilateral hemiparesis
spinning top=
ascending transtentorial herniation
What does osmotic demyelination look like?
T2 bright in ncetral pons
contrast enhancement of the mamillary bodies=
wernickes
Flair signal in bilateral thalamus and periaqueductal gray=
wernickes
carbon moxide poisoning on ct and mri?
hypodense, T2 bright GP
marchiafava bignami?
swelling/t2 bright corpus callosum
sandwhich sign=
marchiafava bignami
Methanoal poisoning on MRI
optic nerve atrophy, hemorrhagic putaminal and subcortical white matter necrosis
mineralizing microangiopathy=
post chemo in kids
What is disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy??
severe white matter changes, demonstrating ring enhancement
hippocampal atrophy=
alzheimers
dementia with lewy bodies on pet brain?
decreased uptake in lateral occipital cortex with sparing of the mid posterior cingulate gyrus (cingulate island sign)
what is binswanger disease?
subcortical leukoencephalopathy, sparing subcortical u fibers
picks dementia on fdg pet
low in frontal lobes
periventricular calcifications=
CMV
CMV has highest association with what?
polymicrogyria
Appearance of toxo?
BG calcs and hydrocephalus
neonatal HSV in brain?
thrombus with hemorrhagic infarction
Neonatal HIV=
frontal atrophy
What is the most common opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS?
toxo
What is the most common fungal infection in AIDS?
cryptococcus
HIV encephalitis in what CD4 count?
<200
HIV encephalitis appearance?
symmetric increased flair in deep white matter, spares subcortical u fibers, T1 normal
PML at what CD4?
less than 50
PML appearance
T1 hypointense, T2 hyperintense, asymmetric with involvement of the subcortical u fibers
Ring enhancing lesion with lots of edema=
toxo
edema in temporal lobe=
herpes
What is limbi encephalitis?
paraneoplastic syndrome similar to hsv
what does west nile look like in the brain
t2 bright BG and thalamus with RD
What are the three ways CJD may be shown?
pulvinar sign, restricted cortical gyriform signal. series of CT/MR showing rapid atrophy
what is the pulvinar sign?
RD in dorsal medial thalamus
What ist he pulvinar sign
RD in dorsal medial thalamus
What are the four stages of neurocysticercosis
vesicular, colloidal, granular, nodular
What are the two low grade tumors that enhance?
ganglioglioma and pilocytic astrocytoma
Mnemonic for bleeding mets?
MRCT: melanoma, rena, carcinoid, choriocarcinoma, thyroid
Two tumors found in NF1
optic glioma, astrocytoma
NF2 tumors
MSME, mutiple schwannomas, meningiomas, ependymomas
Tumors in tuberous sclerosis
subependymal tubers, IV giant cell astrocytomas
Mnemonic for cortically based tumors
PDOG
PXA,
DNET
oligodendroglioma
ganglioglioma
calcified frontal lobe tumor with cortical expansion
oligodendroglioma
temporal lobe mass that is cystic/solid with focal calcifications
ganglioglioma
DNET
bubbly temporal lobe lesion
PXA
cyst with nodule in temporal lobe- can have dural tail
5 tumors that arise from the ventricular wall and septum pellucidum
ependymoma, medulloblastoma, SEGA, subependymoma, central neurocytoma
3 choroid plexus tumors
papilloma, carcinoma, xanthogranuloma
tooth pastetumor
ependymoma
where does ependymoma originate from
floor of fourth ventricle
Where does medullobastoma arise from?
vermis/floor of fourth ventricle
What posterior fossa tumor can be hyperdense?
medulloblastoma
What two syndromes are medulloblastomas associated with?
Turcos, Basal Cell nevus
What is gorlin syndrome
medulloblastoma, dural calcs, basal cell skin CA, odontogenic cysts
enhancing partially calfied lesion at foramen of monroe over 5mm
SEGA
SEGA a/w ?
AML
Subependymoma found where?
foramen of monro and 4th ventricle in adult
swiss cheese lesion=
central neurocytoma
Choroid plexus lesion in kid is hwere?
4th ventricle
In adult?
lateral ventricle/trigone
Choroid plexus carcinoma a/w?
li fraumeni
round well circumscribed mass in anterior 3rd ventricle
colloid cyst
Where is an intraventricular meningioma most commonly?
trigone of lateral ventricles
Meningioma takes up what radiotracer?
octreotide and Tc MDP
Schwannoma or meningioma invade iac?
schwannoma
What is the most common location for a dermoid cyst?
suprasellar cistern
infratentorial cyst with nodule
JPA
diffuse brain stem glioma
pons, t2 bright with flattening of 4th ventrcile
hemangioblastoma?
cyst with nodule in adult in cerebellum
hemangioblastoma a/w?
polycythemia
gliomatosis cerebri
involves three lobes with blurring of grey white matter differentiation
what is the most common primary cns lymphoma?
non hodgkin b cell
rapidly increasing head circumference =
DIG large cystic tumor supratentorial
mimics an aggressive meninigoma
hemangiopericytoma but invades skull
what is the most common met to the dura?
breast CA
which type of craniopharyngioma is calcified?
adamantinomatous