Neuro quick associations Flashcards
Fasciculations + spastic paralysis
ALS
Impaired proprioception + pupils did not react to light
Tabes dorsalis - tertiary syphilis
Bilateral loss of pain/temperature sensation below the lesion + hand weakness
Syringomyelia
Bilateral loss of pain/temperature below the lesion + bilateral spastic paralysis below lesion + bilateral flaccid paralysis at the level of lesion
Anterior spinal artery syndrome
Meningitis plus gram-positive diplococci
S pneumo
Meningitis plus gram-negative diplococci
Neisseria meningitidis
Meningitis plus small gram-negative coccobacili
H flu
Meningitis plus gram positive rods
Listeria monocytogenes
Meningitis in college student or military recruits
Neisseria meningitidis
Meningitis with head trauma + clear nasal discharge
S pneumo
Meningitis with preceding sinus or ear infection
S pneumo
Meningitis with recent neurosurgery with artificial material implanted
coagulase negative Staph (staphylococcal epidermidis)
Staphylococcal aureus
Gram-negative rod - pseudomonas aeruginosa
Encephalitis with mosquito exposure
West Nile virus
Encephalitis with parotid swelling
Mumps
Encephalitis with proceeding rash with grouped vesicles
VZV
Encephalitis with bat bite
Rabies
Encephalitis with the ring enhancing lesions on brain MRI
Toxoplasmosis or brain abscess
Headache made worse by foods containing tyramine
Migraine
Headache in obese women with papilledema
idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Headache with jaw muscle pain when chewing
Giant cell arteritis
Headache with periorbital pain with ptosis and miosis
Cluster headache
Headache with photophobia and/or phonophobia
Migraine
Headache with bilateral frontal/ occipital pressure
Tension headache