Neuro Flashcards

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Q

Patient Presents with:
Homonymous visual field defect respecting the midline Experiencing formed visual hallucinations

Which Lobe is the lesion likely to be?

A

A temporal lobe lesion causes an incongruous, contralateral upper homonymous quadrantanopia. It may also give rise to formed visual hallucinations. This is in contrast to the occipital lobe, where visual hallucinations are unformed.

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A Pancoast tumour is MOST likely to cause which type of syndrome?

A

Second-order Horner’s syndrome.

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What Nerves do Cerebello-pontine angle tumours affect?

A

5th, 6th, 7th and 8th

Cause ipsilateral nerve palsies

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What does an aneurysm of the posterior communicating artery cause?

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3rd nerve palsy.

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