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Neurology Flashcards

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Stroke symptoms face/arms>legs

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MCA

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Stroke symptoms legs>face/arms

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ACA

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Stroke symptoms visual

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PCA

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Stroke Symptoms- Wernicke’s receptive

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L tempoparietal

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Stroke Symptoms Brocas, expressive

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L frontal

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Vertebral A/posterior inferior cerebellar A “Wallenberg’s syndrome”
Acute vertigo, cerebellar signs, Horner’s

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Lateral Medullary Syndrome

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Confusion, dizziness, anxiousness Loss of consciousness

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Hypoglycaemia

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Uni/bilateral headache, pulsating Nausea, vomiting, photo/phonophobia Aura
CHOCOLATE: Cheese, OCP, Alcohol, Anxiety, Travel, Exercise

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Migraine

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Band across head Stress/”student doing exams”

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Tension Headache

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Jaw claudication, severe headache Fatigue, weight loss, sore throat Red face, scalp tenderness

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Temporal Arteritis

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Multinucleated giant cells

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Polymyalgia Rheumatica

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12
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Shooting pains when brushing teeth Thinning beard

Tic douloueux

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

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Sharp bang, LOC, lucid period Gradual compression of brainstem

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Extradural Haemorrhage

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14
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Elderly and/or alcoholics

Progressive development over months

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Subdural Haemorrhage

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Severe orbital/temporal pain “hot poker”
Occurs in groupings
Wakes up at night

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Cluster Headaches

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Progressive worsening of symptoms

Worse on coughing/sneezing/bending Headaches in morning

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Space Occupying Lesion

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Stepwise deterioration in function
CV risk factors
Memory loss, slow thought

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Vascular Dementia

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Memory loss, impaired speech, gets lost

Fails to recognise family on occasions

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AD

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Disinhibition, personality changes
Inappropriate behaviour
Memory normal,

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Picks Disease

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Rapid progression, dead in months

Myoclonus, memory loss, hallucinations

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CJD

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21
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Parkinsonian features
Vivid visual hallucinations Sleep disturbance
Slow to follow instructions

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Lewy Body Dementia

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22
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Ex-boxer/American football players

Features of alzheimer’s in their 40s

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Chronic Traumatic Enceph.

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23
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Emotion/pain/fear/prolonged standing
Nausea, pale
Clonic jerking, no stiffness

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Vaso-vagal Syncope

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Arrhythmia leads to reduced CO and LOC

Pale, slow/absent pulse, flush after

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Stokes Adams Attack

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25
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Weakness of legs leads to fall with LOC/confn

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Drop Attack

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26
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Shaving/head turning leads to dizziness & syncope

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Carotid Sinus Syncope

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27
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Aura
Tonic-clonic sequence Tongue-biting, incontinence
Post-ictal confusion

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Epilepsy

28
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Seizure Type- LOC, inc tone, jerking

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Tonic Clonic

29
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Seizure type- pauses mid sentence

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Absence

30
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Seizure type- sudden jerk of limb

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Myotonic

31
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No LOC, “funny turn” or strange sensation

No amnesia/confusion

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Simple Partial Seizure

32
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Aura

Automatisms e.g. lip-smaking, wandering Impaired awareness

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Complex Partial Seizure

33
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> 30min seizure

Tonic-clonic

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Status Epilepticus

34
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Status Epilepticus Trtmt

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IV lorazepam + 50% glucose, IV phenytoin if continues to GA

35
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Spasticity
Hyperreflexia
Babinski +ve

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UMN lesion

36
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Floppy paralysis
Wasting
Fasciculations

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LMN lesion

37
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Paraneoplastic: SmCC Autoimmune
Antibodies against pre-syncaptic Ca channel
Function improves with more exercise

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Lambert Eaton Syndrome

38
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Oculomotor/bulbar signs Trail off at end of sentence Worsens with exercise Anti-ACh receptor antibody

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Myaesthenia Gravis

39
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Child, waddles when walks +ve gower’s sign

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Muscular Dystrophy

40
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Transient loss of vision Paraesthesia, paralysis

Worse in heat

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MS

41
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Alcohol withdrawal

Confused, sees spiders on them

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Delerium Tremens

42
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Signs of Cerebellar Syndrome

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D- Dysdiadokokinesia
A- Ataxia
N- Nystagmus
I- Intention tremor
S- Slurred/staccato speech
H- Hypotonia
43
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Causes of Cerebellar syndrome

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P: Posterior fossa tumour
A: Alcohol
S: Multiple sclerosis
T: Trauma
R: Rare
I: Inherited (e.g. Friedreich's ataxia)
E: Epilepsy medication (carbamazepine, phenytoin toxicity)
S: Stroke
44
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Causes of Peripheral Neuropathy

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D- Diabetes
A- Alcoholism
V- Vitamin B12
I- Inherited- Guillain/Charcot Marie Tooth
D- Drugs- Isoniazid
45
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Confusion
Ataxia
Opthalmoplegia

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Werknicke’s Encephalopathy

46
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Treatment for Wernicke’s

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IV pabrinex

47
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Untreated Wernicke’s

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Korsakoff’s

48
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Anterograde Amnesia
Confabulation
Alcholics

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Korsakoff’s

49
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Tilt head away from side of lesion

Diplopia worse away from lesion

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Trochlear Nerve Palsy

50
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Similar Presentation to SOC

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Benign Intracranial HTN

51
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Café au lait spots,

axillary freckling Neurofibromas

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Neurofibromatosis I

52
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Bilateral acoustic neuroma

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Neurofibromatosis II

53
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Telangiectasia
Epistaxis
Vascular disorder

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Osler-Weber-Rendu

54
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Facial port-wine stains, Epilepsy
Hemiplegia
Mental retardation

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Sturge Weber Syndrome

55
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Ashleaf macules, shagreen patches (orange-peel patches), adenoma sebaceum (pink patches on cheeks) Epilepsy and benign tumours

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Tuberous Sclerosis

56
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Opthalmoplegia
Ataxia
Areflexia

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Miller-Fisher

57
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Wasting of thenar eminence
Loss of sensation in lateral palmar surface of 3 and a half digits
Test for weakness in abductor pollicis brevis Frequently affected in carpal tunnel syndrome

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Median Nerve (C6-T1)

58
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Wasting of hypothenar eminence

Sensory loss over medial one and a half digits Test for weakness of abductor digiti minimi “Claw hand”

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Ulnar Nerve (C8-T1)

59
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Weakness of wrist extension leads to wrist drop Anaesthesia over fist dorsal interosseous muscle

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Radial Nerve (C5-T1)

60
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Loss of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion Arm held internally rotated
“Waiter’s tip”

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Erb’s Palsy

61
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Weakness in dorsiflexion and eversion of the foot Sensory loss over dorsum of foot
Hit in side of knee

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Common Peroneal Nerve (L4-S1)

62
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Inability to invert food or stand on tip-toe

Sensory loss on sole of foot

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Tibial Nerve (L4-S3)

63
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Parkinsons Gait

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Shuffling, festinant

64
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Sensory Ataxic Gait

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High stepping/stamping

65
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Spastic Paraplegia Gait

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Scissor

66
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Cerebellar Gait

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Wide-based

67
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Cerebrovascular Disease Gait

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Shuffling, small steps

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