neuro nbme Flashcards

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signs sx of ankylosing spondy

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bamboo spine
gi problems
enthesitis --> inflammation at tendon insertion sites, ie achilles
pain with forward flexion
pain that is worse with awakening
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sydenham chorea

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JONES
**joints= migratory

involuntary non repetitive mvmts that can involve limbs, trunk, neck face
-can be unilateral

neuropsych- anxiety, laughter, ocd, etc

occurs 1-8 months after inciting infectin!!

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s/sx of arnold chiari II malformation

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myelomeningocele (spina bifida)
feeding difficulties
breathing difficulties
**presents much earlier than chiari I

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4
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late sx f acoustic neuromo

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Pressure of adjacent structures!
facial nerve: paralysis
trigeminal nerve: facial pain or hypoesthesia
hydrocephalus

***unilateral hearing loss is the most common sx

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PML on MRI? Who gets PML?

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spread out, non enhancing white matter without mass effect

immunosuprresed

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sensineural hearing loss

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AC> BC

weber test lateralizes to GOOD EAR

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localization of lesion causing amarosis fugax

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INTERNAL carotid

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