Neuro Flashcards
What does this describe?
malaria
sausage shaped gametocyte
Apraclonidine on eye
alpha2 agonist->decreases aqueous production Cross BBB (somnolence)
Ganglioglioma
in temporal lobe
What does this describe?
gram negative aerobes
Use of aminoglycosides
What does this describe?
calcification of vessels in basal ganglia
AIDS sx in children
What does this describe?
in pts with glaucoma
Contraindication of topiramate
What does this describe?
AIDS pts, multiple focal findings
Toxoplasmosis target
What does this describe?
Syphilis
VDRL/RPR test positive
What does this describe?
for recurrent headaches (5HT antagonist) cannot use with MAOI’s
Contraindication of pizotifen
What does this describe?
Naloxone, naltrexone
Opioid antagonists (detox)
What does this describe?
Mees lines, sensorimotor
Arsenic toxicity
What does this describe?
Salt and pepper of retina
Rubella sx in eye
Meperidine exception
Only opioid that causes mydriasis
What does this describe?
In cerebellum, young adults/children
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Emergency glaucoma drug
Pilocarpine->ACh agonist
What does this describe?
giant cell astrocytomas in cortex tumors elsewhere in body (heart, lung, kidney)
Tuberous sclerosis
What does this describe?
in elderly assc with sickle-cell, asplenia
Pneumococcal meningitis
What does this describe?
alpha2 antagonist, for ADHD, xerostomia
Clonidine,guanfacine
H. influenza meningitis
in children secondary to ENT infection
What does this describe?
increase ACE and Ca2+ levels granulomatous process
Neurosarcoidosis
Tx for serotonin syndrome
benzodiazepine, cyproheptadine, propanolol
What does this describe?
alpha antagonist-> inhibits pupillary dilation For closed angle glaucoma
Thymoxamine on eye
What does this describe?
children/young adults CN VI-X findings
Brainstem glioma
Oligodenroglioma
young adults frontal lobes well circumscribed and calcified
Cysticerecosis
taenia solium
What does this describe?
Midrin, fioricet, phrenilin
Tx of tension headaches
What does this describe?
CMV retinitis in AIDS pts Can cause nephrotoxicity, used with probenecid 1000x more effective against viral DNA pol
Use of Cidafovir
What does this describe?
Blastomyces dermatititidis
Broad based budding yeast
What does this describe?
cromolyn sodium, lodoxamide tromethamide Allergic conjunctivitis
Mast cell stabilizers/function in eye
VDRL/RPR test positive
Syphilis
What does this describe?
prolonged QT
Side effect of methadone
What does this describe?
increase ciliary contraction
Physostigmine on eye
Koplick spots
measles
What does this describe?
N. menigitidis Petechial rash military/college campus
Meningococcal meningitis
Glioblastoma
rapid in older pts, secondary in young pts well circumscribed
What does this describe?
Dorzolamide, Brinzolamide, acetazolamide Decrease aqueous production
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors/function in eye
Carbachol on the eye
ACh + physostigmine->Increase trabecular outflow
Thallium toxicity
alopecia, sensory/autonomic signs
What does this describe?
Only opioid that causes mydriasis
Meperidine exception
nonfermenter (rod)
pseudomonas
What does this describe?
increase trabecular outflow
Epinephrine on eye
Valacyclovir
esterified acyclovir, longer lasting
What does this describe?
Cave diving/ bird and bat droppings
Histoplasma capsulatum association
What does this describe?
India ink stain Immunosuppressed pts
Cryptococcus
What does this describe?
chrysops fly
Loa loa vector
What does this describe?
rapid in older pts, secondary in young pts well circumscribed
Glioblastoma
What does this describe?
B12 deficiency (or intrinsic factor), post column demyelination
Subacute combined degeneration
What does this describe?
Chromosome 9&11, frataxin, onset 1st or 2nd decade
Friedriech’s Ataxia
What does this describe?
hemangioma in cerebellum and retina
Von Hippel Lindau disease
What does this describe?
esterified acyclovir, longer lasting
Valacyclovir
Dextroamphetamine/lisdexamfetamine
Increase NE/D transmission, for ADHD
Viral conjunctivitis cause in AIDS pts
CMV
Toxoplasmosis target
AIDS pts, multiple focal findings
What does this describe?
gram positive cocci or gram negative bacilli Not good for pseudomonas
Use of macrolides
sausage shaped gametocyte
malaria
What does this describe?
toxoplasmosis
Ring enhancing lesions for bugs
Side effect of tamsulosin
floppy iris syndrome
What does this describe?
Axillary, long thoracic, suprascapular involved Sever pain with weakness
Parsonage Turner syndrome
Brimonidine on eye
alpha agonist-> decrease production/increase uveoscleral outflow
Myasthenia gravis pathology
Abs against nicotinic ACh receptors
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
JC polyomavirus, infects oligodendrocytes demyelination
What does this describe?
generalized weakness, starts in childhood
Kugelberg-Welander disease
Methylphenidate
Decrease NE/D reuptake, for ADHD
What does this describe?
exaggerated startle response
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
Medullablastoma
in cerebellum, very radiosensitive med in children, lat in adults
Parsonage Turner syndrome
Axillary, long thoracic, suprascapular involved Sever pain with weakness
Dx of gonorrhea
Thayer-martin agar, gram negative diplococci
Cryptococcus
India ink stain Immunosuppressed pts
Pilocarpine on eye
ACh agonist (muscarinic)-> increase outflow Causes miosis and can cause myopia For closed angle glaucoma
What does this describe?
Parietal lobe
Cause of extinction
What does this describe?
bepotastine, emedastine, levorabastine, pheniramine Allergic conjunctivitis
H-1 Receptor antagonists/function in eye
Tx of tension headaches
Midrin, fioricet, phrenilin
What does this describe?
in cerebellum, very radiosensitive med in children, lat in adults
Medullablastoma
What does this describe?
young adults frontal lobes well circumscribed and calcified
Oligodenroglioma
What does this describe?
in children secondary to ENT infection
H. influenza meningitis
What does this describe?
butorphanol, buprenorpine, nalbuphine
Opioid partial agonists
Broad based budding yeast
Blastomyces dermatititidis
CMV dx
Owl’s Eyes
Grows on chocolate agar
H. influenza
What does this describe?
CMV
Viral conjunctivitis cause in AIDS pts
What does this describe?
floppy iris syndrome
Side effect of tamsulosin
What does this describe?
bullet shaped
Rabies shape
What does this describe?
ACh antagonist-> mydriasis and cycloplegia Contraindicated with closed angle glaucoma
Atropine on eye
Opioid partial agonists
butorphanol, buprenorpine, nalbuphine
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
from measles myelin degeneration
Measles dx
Koplick spots on buccal mucosa
What does this describe?
beta-1 antagonist-> decrease aqueous production
Betaxolol on eye
What does this describe?
Increase NE/D transmission, for ADHD
Dextroamphetamine/lisdexamfetamine
What does this describe?
Black fly-African river blindness
Onchocera volvulus vector
What does this describe?
Abs against nicotinic ACh receptors
Myasthenia gravis pathology
What does this describe?
IV steroids No oral steroids-> MS aggrevation
Tx for optic neuritis
What does this describe?
frontal/temporal lobes
Herpes encephalitis
What does this describe?
NMDA antagonist for Alzheimers (slows deterioration)
Memantine
What does this describe?
Cryptococcus
Major cause of meningitis in AIDS pts
Cause of extinction
Parietal lobe
AIDS sx in children
calcification of vessels in basal ganglia
Choroid plexus papilloma
under 10 y/o
Mast cell stabilizers/function in eye
cromolyn sodium, lodoxamide tromethamide Allergic conjunctivitis
Onchocera volvulus vector
Black fly-African river blindness
What does this describe?
from measles myelin degeneration
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
What does this describe?
No dilation=LMNL Dilation=UMNL
Results of Paradrine test
Pink eye
adenovirus
What does this describe?
decrease reuptake of NE/D, for bipolar disorders/stopping smoking
Bupropion
What does this describe?
adenovirus
Pink eye
What does this describe?
NO steroids
Tx for Guillain-Barre
What does this describe?
Dihydroergotamine, sumatriptan, intranasal lidocaine
Tx for symptomatic cluster headaches
What does this describe?
floppy baby syndrome
Wernig-Hoffman disease
What does this describe?
Pilocarpine->ACh agonist
Emergency glaucoma drug
What does this describe?
under 10 y/o
Choroid plexus papilloma
What does this describe?
ACh + physostigmine->Increase trabecular outflow
Carbachol on the eye
Pilocytic astrocytoma
In cerebellum, young adults/children
Ring enhancing lesions for bugs
toxoplasmosis