Neuro MSK Diagnosis - Diseases Flashcards
Which disease is associated with an ascending paralysis and sensory symptoms
Guillain-Barre
Snuff box pain
DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis
Which disease is associated with cogwheel/lead pipe rigidity?
Parkinson’s
Which nerve and muscle is associated with scapular winging?
Serratus Anterior muscle
Long Thoracic nerve
Which part of the spine is responsible for balance of the reflexes and postural muscles
Vestibulospinal Tract
Which disease is a patholgical longitudinal cyst of the central canal of the spinal cord and presents with a loss of pain and temp in a “cape-like” distribution?
Syringomyelia
Which disease is a clinical condition of tertiary syphilis, wasting away of the posterior columns?
Tabes Dorsalis
Which nerve is involved with Anterior Compartment Syndrome of the leg?
Deep Peroneal
Which disease is a sex-linked recessive disorder, affecting boys age 3 - 7 years old?
Muscular Dystrophy (MD)
Which disease is associated with a waddling gait?
Muscular Dystrophy
Which part of the gait cycle is slappage gait noted?
Stance Phase at foot flat
Which part of the spine is responsible for muscle tone and synergy of the voluntary extensors?
Reticulospinal tract
Which disease presents with a wide based gait?
Alcohol
Which disease presents with LMNLs in the arms and UMNLs in the legs?
ALS (Lou Gehrig’s)
Which disease is inflammatory polyneuropathy of the PNS linked to recent immunizations or seen after recent illness?
Guillain-Barre (GB)
Which cells are responsible for myelinization of the CNS?
Oligodendrocytes
Which nerve is involved in meralgia paresthetica?
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
Which disease is associated with steppage gait?
Anterior Compartment Syndrome
Which disease makes antibodies against acetylcholine receptors?
Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
Which part of the spine is responsible for pain and temp?
Lateral Spinothalamic Tract
Which disease produces dymelination of the spinal cord and later the brain, with plaques presenting on MRI?
MS
Which disease is associated with a festinating gait?
Parkinson’s
Which disease is associated with mental deterioration, amnesia, depression, anxiety and rigidity?
Alzheimer’s
Which nerve is associated with Wrist Drop?
DR CUMA
Drop = Radial nerve
Which part of the spine is responsible for Flexors of the trunk?
Ventral Corticospinal Tract
Which disease presents as an ipsilateral loss of motor function and dorsal columns AND contra loss of pain and temp?
Brown Sequard
Wasting hypothenar eminence. Flexion of digits 4 & 5.
Bishop’s hand
(Median N palsy)
Which disease is associated with foot drop and a high-stepped gait?
Charcot Marie Tooth
Which disease presents with a circumduction/hemiplegic gait?
Stroke
Which disease is a hemisection of the spinal cord usually caused by an injury?
Brown Sequard
Which nerve is involved in Pronator Teres syndrome?
Anterior Interosseous Nerve
(branch of Median N.)
Which disease is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination, cognitive decline & dementia?
Huntington’s Chorea
Which disease is associated with a slappage gait?
Tabes Dorsalis
Burning paresthesia on soles of the feet aggravated by walking or standing
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Which nerve is involved in piriformis syndrome?
Sciatic nerve
Pain in the dorsum of the foot and the toes. Squeezing the metatarsals is painful.
Morton’s Neuroma
Which part of the spine is responsible for Voluntary Motor Flexors of the hands and feet?
Lateral Corticospinal Tracts (Pyramids)
Which disease is a chronic, progressive condition associated with loss of dopamine in the substantia nigra causing basal ganglia dysfunction?
Parkinson’s
Which disease is a non-progressive motor condition of the cerebral cortex due to anoxia of the brain prenatally or during birth trauma
Cerebal Palsy
Which part of the spine is responsible for muscle tone and synergy of the proximal flexors of the extremities
Rubrospinal Tract
Which disease is associated with scissors gait?
Cerebal Palsy
Which part of the spine is responsible for 2-pt discrimination, vibration, and jt position sense?
Posterior Columns
Finger locked in a bent position
Trigger finger
Which disease is associated with a glove and stocking paresthesia?
PLS
Pain at lateral aspect of the leg. Foot Drop.
Which nerve is involved?
Common peroneal
Which disease is hereditary condition that affects both motor (atrophy of the peroneals) and sensory nerves?
Charcot Marie Tooth
Which nerve is associated for Ape Hand?
DR CUMA
Median Nerve = Ape Hand
Permanent Flexion of hand.
Volkmann’s
Abnormal thickening underneath the skin of the palm and fingers. Causes the last 2 fingers to curl into the palm.
Dupuytren’s Contracture
Flaring of the scapula involves which muscles and nerves?
Rhomboids
Dorsal Scapular N
Which disease is a degeneration of the posterior columns and the corticospinal tracts as a result of a B12 deficiency?
PLS (posterolateral sclerosis)
Which part of the gait cycle is a steppage gait noted?
Swing Phase at Mid Swing
Which disease is associated with Gower’s sign?
Muscular Dystrophy
Which disease presents with a spastic gait?
Any UMNL disease
Which nerve is associated with Claw Hand?
DR CUMA
Claw = Ulnar
