Neuro Flashcards
Most common soft tissue tumor
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Malignancy with the highest mortality?
PNET
Formerly known as partial seizure
Initial activation of neurons limited to part of 1 cerebral hemisphere
Focal seizures
Most common type of benign epilepsy stndrome with focal seizure
Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spike
Rolandic seizure
3-10 years old Outgrown during adolescence Buccal and theoat tingling and tonic or clonic contraction Preserved consciousness EEG: broad based centrotemporal spike
Benign epilepsy syndrome with focal seizure
Treatment for benign epilepsy with focal seizure
AED such as carbamazepine
Seen in early childhood
Complex partial seizure with ictal vomiting
Benign epilepsy
Panayiotopoulus type
Seen in late childhood
Complex partial seizure with visual auras, migrain headache
Benign epilepsy
Gastaut type
Early myoclonic infantile encephalopathy starts during the 1st 2 months
Severe myoclonic seizures and burst suppression pattern on EEG
What is the usual cause
Inborn errors of metabolism
Similar onset with Early myoclonic infantile encephalopathy but manifests as tonic seizures
Caused by brain malformations or syntaxin binding protein mutation
Ohtahara syndrome
Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
Starts as focal febrile status epilepticus and later as myoclonic and other seizure types
Dravet syndrome
Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy
Usually 2-12 months Triad: infantile epileptic spasms developmental regression hypsarrhythmia on EEG
“As if doing sit ups”
West syndrome
2-10 years old Triad: Developmental delay Multiple seizure type Slow waves, polyspike bursts in sleep and slow background in wakefulness
Lennox-Gastaut
Treatment for focal seizure
Carbamazepine
Treatment for absence seizure
Ethosuximide
When to do lumbar tap?
Local guidelines: <18 months
All infants younger than 6 months who present with fever and seizure or at any age if there are symptoms of concern
Major risk factors for recurrence of febrile seizures
Age <1 year
Duration of fever <24 hours
Fever 38-39C
Most common seizure disorder during childhood
Simple febrile seizure
Febrile seizure becomes complex type when the duration is _____ and repeat seizures occur within ______
More than 15 mins
Less than 24 hours in between
Status epilepticus that has failed to respond to at least 2 medications
Refractory status epilepticus
Initial emergent therapy for status epilepticus usually involves
IV diazepam, lorazepam, midazolam
What viral infection is most commonly associated with febrile status epilepticus?
HHV 6 and 7
Greatest risk of occurrence of subsequent epilepsy when the child has
Neurodevelopmental abnormalities
Triad of Imaging Findings in TB Meningitis
Hydrocephalus
Basal enhancements
Infarcts
Usual cause of obstructive or non communicating type of hydrocephalus
Aqueduct stenosis
CSF flow pattern
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Choroid plexus Lateral ventricle Foramen of Monroe Third Ventricle Aqueduct of sylvius Fourth ventricle Lushka/Magendie Sinus Arachnoid
Prefrontal headache
High fever
Disturbance in smell
Swimming in warm water
Naegleria fowleri
Bell’s palsy
Systemic disease
Carditis
Cutaneous lesions
Borrelia burgdorferi
Ascending paralysis with history of GI infection
Campylobacter
Ascending paralysis with history of respiratory infection
Hib
Lethargy and irritability
History of viral infection
Chicken pox
Asprin use
Reye syndrome