Neurological complications of medical disorders Flashcards
56 years old penicious anemia. Spastic paraparesis, impaired sensation to touch and vibration in both lower limbs
Acute combined degeneration of the spinal cord
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy clinical
Confusion, dementia, ataxai, seizures, myoclonus, extrapyramidal rigidity
Pathological brainstem acoustic potentials in
Central pontine myelinolysis
Acute alcohol intoxication can cause
necrotizing myositis
Seizures in alcoholic are usually
tonic-clonic
CN most affected in sarcoidosis
II, VII, VIII
Structure defective in vitamin B12 deficiency ataxia
Dorsal columns of the spinal white matter
What is corrected first when Wernicke’s encephalopathy is treated
Bulbomotor
Can Wernicke’s encephalopathy be seen is a patient with glioblastoma?
No
Is Huntington disease likely to cause anemia?
No
Central pontine myelinosis is caused by
Premature correction of hyponatremia
Which part of the central nervous system is atrophic in a chronic alcoholic
Mammillary bodies
What to give to a TB patient to prevent neuropathy
Vit B6 (Pyridoxine)
CN affected in a patient with lymphadenopathy and sarcoidosis
V
Most common cause of neurosarcoidosis
Cerebral nerve palsies
