Neurology Flashcards
MC complication of shunt placement in patients with hydrocephalus?
Staph epidermidis infection
Focal motor seizures that are clonic/myoclonic, persisting for days or months
Epilepsia partialis continua of Kojevnikov (Rasmussen encephalitis)
Prodrome of temporal lobe epilepsy
Lethargy
DOC for status epilepticus
Phenytoin
Treatment for status migrainosus
iV Prochlorperazine
Shagreen patch and ash leaf lesions
Tuberous sclerosis
Cafe au lait spots, axillary or inguinal freckling, Lisch nodules, optic glioma, osseous lesions
Neurofibromatosis 1
Acoustic neuroma (bilateral 8th nerve masses) with with either neurofibroma, meningioma, glioma or schwannoma
Neurofibromatosis 2
Cracked pot sensation of the skull secondary to separation of sutures in a patient with hydrocephalus
Macewen sign