Neuro iPad Cards

Question 1

What patients are at risk of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)?

Answer 1

Immunocompromised patients ie:

1: AIDS
2: Post transplant
3: Leukaemia

Question 2

How can demyelinating disease be classified as?

Answer 2

Primary demyelination
Multiple sclerosis

Ischemic demyelination
   Deep white matter infarcts
   Lacunar infarcts
   Vasculitis (including sarcoidosis and lupus)
   Moyamoya disease
   Post-anoxia

Infection-related demyelination
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
HIV encephalopathy
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Toxic and metabolic demyelination
Central pontine myelinolysis
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Radiation injury

Dysmyelination (inherited white matter disease / v. Rare)
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Adrenal leukodystrophy
Leigh disease