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Can a Pineal tumor affect the pons?

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No. the pineal body is at the level of the midbrain. The pons is too far caudal to be affected by a pineal tumor

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What is primarily contained in the superior cerebellar peduncle?

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Efferent projections from the cerebellum

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What clinical symptoms would result from damage to the superior cerebellar peduncle?

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Cerebellar signs: e.g., intention tremor, dysmetria (lack of coordination of movement)

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What is parinaud sundrome?

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paralysis of conjugate verticle gaze due to a lesion in the superior colliculi.

This can be due to a pinealoma

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Function of superior colliculi

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conjugate vertical gaze center

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Function of inferior colliculi

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auditory

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Function of Pineal gland

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melatonin secretion, circadian rhythms

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Physical exam shows paralysis of upward gaze, bilateral papilledema, and pupils that react to accomodation, but not to direct light. CT scan shows a tumor.

What is this clinical sydrome?

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Parinaud’s Syndrome.

The papilledema is do to compression of the cerebral aqueduct by the pinealoma that is causing the syndrome, leading to non-communicating hydrocephalus.

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What structures form the cerebellopontine angle?

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the cerebellum, upper medulla, and middle cerebellar peduncle.

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What nerves pass through the cerebellopontine angle?

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CN VII and VIII

facial and vestibulocochlear

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What are the most common nerves in the cerebellopontine angle?

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acoustic neuromas (80%) and meningiomas (20%)

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Result of lesion of the optic tract

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Homonymous hemianopia of the contralateral visual field

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Result of lesion of the left lateral geniculate nucleus

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Right homonymous hemianopia

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Result of lesion in the left temporal lobe?

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Upper right quadrantinopia

Meyer’s loop is located in the temporal lobe

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Result of lesion in the left parietal lobe?

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Lower right quadrantinopia

dorsal optic radiation is located in the parietal lobe

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Part of the ear supplied: auriculotemporal nerve

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anterior half of the external ear canal

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Part of the ear supplied: auricular branch of the vagus nerve

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posterior half of the external ear canal

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Part of the ear supplied: greater auricular nerve

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lower part of the auricle

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Part of the ear supplied: lesser occipital nerve

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upper part of the auricle

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Part of the ear supplied: vestibulococclear nerve

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hearing and motion sense

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What structure is adjacent to the lateral ventricles, and would be affected by a choroid plexus papilloma in the lateral ventricle?

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The caudate nucleus

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What brain structure overlies the fourth ventricle?

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The cerebellum

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What brain structure forms part of the floor of the fourth ventricle?

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What part of the ventricular system does the hypothalamus sit next to?

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The third ventricle

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What part of the ventricular system is the hippocampus near?
It is adjacent to the inferior (temporal) horn of the lateral ventricle.
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A 32 year old woman comes to the physician because of double vision that is worse when she looks to the right. She states that when she closes one eye, her vision returns to normal. An MRI of the brain shows a demyelinating lesion in the brain stem. She says that earlier in the year, she experienced tingling in her arm. What is her likely diagnosis?
The combination of diplopia with a demyelinating central nervous system lesion identified on MRI, coupled witha history of other neurologic symptoms separated by space and time is strongly suggestive of MS
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What are the two horizontal gaze centers?
(1) Frontal eye fields (contralateral gaze) | 2) PPRF (paramedian pontine reticular formation; ipsilateral gaze
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Describe the path required for both eyes to look to the right
Left frontal eye field --> right PPRF --> right abducens nucleus --> (1) abducens of right eye, and (2) decussates to form left MLF (medial longitudinal fasciculus) --> left oculomotor nucleus --> left eye medial rectus
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What is right INO (internuclear opthalmoplegia)?
A lesion of the right MLF. This would result in an inability to adduct the right eye during left conjugate gaze. However, convergence is intact: The right eye can adduct during non-conjugate gaze. This fact distinguishes an INO from a medial rectus (CN III) palsy. In a right INO, you will also observe nystagmus in the left eye when the patient attempts to look left
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Where would the lesion be if both eyes were unable to look right when attempting right conjugate gaze, and instead remained looking straight forward? What is often seen with this condition?
The right PPRF -- the center responsible for ipsilateral conjugate gaze The PPRF is located within the abducens nucleus A complete ipsilateral facial paralysis is often seen with lesions in this area because the facial nerve loops around the abducens nucleus
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Where would the lesion be if neither eye can look to the right, and instead both eyes drift to the left
The left frontal eye field (controls (contralateral) horizantal gaze to the right) Because the activity of the right frontal eye field is unopposed, the eyes slowly drift to the left (the side of the lesion)
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The middle meningeal artery is a branch of what artery?
Maxillary artery
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Tear of the middle meningeal artery results in what?
An epidural hematoma
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What openings are found in the middle cranial fossa?
- -optic canal - -superior orbital fissure - -foramen rotundum - -foramen ovale - -foramen spinosum
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What runs through the optic canal?
CN II opthalmic artery central retinal vein
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What runs through the superior orbital fissure?
CN III, IV, V1, VI opthalmic vein sympathetic fibers
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What runs through the foramen rotundum?
CN V2
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What runs through the formen ovale?
CN V3`
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What runs through the foramen spinosum?
Middle Meningeal Artery
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What openings are found in the posterior cranial fossa?
- -internal auditory meatus - -jugular foramen - -hypoglossal canal - -foramen magnum
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What runs through the internal auditory meatus?
CN VII, VIII
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What runs through the jugular foramen?
CN IX, X, XI, jugular vein
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What runs through the hypoglossal canal?
CN XII
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What runs through the foramen magnum?
- -brain stem - -spinal roots of CN XI - -vertebral arteries

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