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Patchy demyelination around axons

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Multiple sclerosis

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Difficulty raising arms to hold child post C-section

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High spinal anaesthetic

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Optic neuritis

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Multiple sclerosis

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Blurred vision worsening with heat

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Multiple sclerosis

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30-year old woman with trigeminal neuralgia

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Multiple sclerosis

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Numbness progressing to weakness after a viral infection

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Guillain-Barre

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Lower limb and pelvic floor weakness + anosmia

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ACA stroke

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Dementia with occipital hypoperfusion

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Lewy body demenia

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B-amyloid peptide aggregation and neurofibrillary tangles

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Alzheimer’s dementia

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3Hz spike-and-wave pattern on EEG

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Absence seizure

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Seizure with high prolactin

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Tonic-clonic

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Jaw claudication

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Temporal arteritis

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Photosensitvity, N+V and aura

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Migraine

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Pill-rolling tremor/cogwheel/lead-pipe/shuffling gait/mask-like facies/small handwriting/soft voice

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Parkinson’s

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Inability to voluntarily look down

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Progressive supranuclear palsy

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Low uptake in basal ganglia on fludeoxyglucose PET scan

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Parkinson’s

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Xanthochromia

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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Bilateral vestibular schwanomma

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Type 2 neurofibromatosis

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Oligoclonal bands and IgG

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MS

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Chorea + dementia

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Huntington’s disease

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Bitemporal heminaopia

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Pituitary adenoma

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Superior quadrantanopia

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Temporal lobe lesion

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Inferior quandrantanopia

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Parietal lobe lesion

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Triad of ataxia, incontinence and confusion

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus

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Triad of ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and confusion
Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency)
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Triad of nystagmus, intention tremor and staccato/scanning speech
Charcot's triad (MS)
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Kernig's sign
Meningitis (stiff neck)
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Purpuric rash in meningitis
Meningococcal sepsis (Neisseria meningitidis)
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Donald duck speech
Pseudobulbar palsy
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Pupils that constrict to accommodation and not light
Argyll-Roberton pupils (syphilis, alcohol and diabetes)
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Pseudo-pallisading (central necrotic)
Glioblastoma multiforme
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Psamomma bodies, spindle cells
Meningioma
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Chicken wire vascular appearance
Oligodendroglioma
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Thunderclap headache
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
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Biconvex collection on CT
Epidural haematoma
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Headache associated with polymyalgia rheumatica
Temporal arteritis
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S-100 stain
Schwannoma
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Conjugate lateral gaze palsy, horizontal diplopia
Intranuclear ophthalmoplegia in MS (due to MLF)
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Leg and buttock pain relieved by leaning forward
Neurogenic claudication
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Sudden severe occipital headache, neck stiffness, confusion and vomiting. Lesser episode 3 weeks prior.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
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Polycystic kidney disease
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (Berry aneurysms)
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Blurred vision + difficulty discriminating colours + pain on eye movement
Relative afferent pupillary defect (optic neuritis)
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Impaired vision + objects look dull and indistinct + dull headache on the same side
Optic neuritis
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Intermittent double vision and drooping eyelid worsening in the evenings
Fatiguable ptosis (myasthenia gravis)
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Progressive right hemiparesis + tonic clonic seizure
Left frontal lobe tumour
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Pleomorphic astrocytes with several areas of necrosis
GBM (ill-defined lesion expanding the entire corpus callosum, compressing the ventricles)
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GFAP
GBM
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Fluent aphagia, jargon speech, right homonymous hemianopia
Temporoparietal cortex stroke
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Hearing loss + vertigo + tinnitus
Meniere's disease ## Footnote *3D's - deafness, dizziness and din*
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Hearing loss + vertigo + vesicular rash
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (type II)
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Vertigo post-URTI
Vestibular neuronitis
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Inability to sit still
Akathisia
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Involuntary movements of face and jaw, long term anti-psychotics
Tardive dyskinesia
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Loss of pain and temperature in a cape-like distribution
Syringomelia
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Cafe au lait spots
Neurofibromatosis type I
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Lisch nodules
Neurofibromatosis type I
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Pes cavus
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
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First management for temporal arteritis
Steroids (not temporal artery biopsy)
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Pale optic discs
MS
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Pallor and palpitations → blackout → flushing
Stokes-Adams attack
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Social and sexual disinhibition
Frontal lobe lesion
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Degeneration of the striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen)
Huntington's disease
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CN most commonly affected in PCA stroke
Occulomotor (CN III)
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Blurred vision, delayed visual evoked responses and normal fundoscopy
Retrobulbar neuritis
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IE + stroke
Mycotic aneurysm
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Panda/racoon eyes
Basal skull fracture
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Inverted champagne bottle legs
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
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Ring-enhancing lesion in the brain
Abscess (toxoplasmosis) or malignancy
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Panda eyes on CT brain
Toxoplasmosis
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Common causes of peripheral neuropathy
**DEBUT** * **D**iabetes * **E**thanol * **B**12 * **U**raemia * **T**hyroid (hypo)
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Best investigation for brain tumour
MRI
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Brainstem stroke with constricted pupils
Pontine
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Brainstem stroke with unresponsive mid-dilated pupil
Midbrain
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Stroke with neuropathic pain
Thalamic
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DRUG SE: most common SE of levodopa
Nausea
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DRUG SE: gum hypertrophy and hirsutism
Phenytoin
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DRUG: treatment of acute glaucoma
Acetazolamide
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DRUG: control of vomiting in Parkinson's
Domperidone
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DRUG: first line in absence seizures
Ethosuximide
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DRUG: treatment of psychosis in Parkinson's
Clozapine
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DRUG: trigeminal neuralgia
Carbamazepine
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DRUG SE: antiemetic causing Parkinsonism
Prochlorperazine
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DRUG SE: bioplar drug causing diabetes insipidus
Lithium
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DRUG SE: migraine treatment causing dystonia
Metoclopramide
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DRUG SE: headache and hypertension after evening meal
MAO inhibitor (cheese reaction)
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DRUG SE: anti-epileptic causing raised liver enzymes
Valproate
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DRUG SE: acute pancreatitis
Valproate
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DRUG: prevents relapses in MS
Interferon-B
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DRUG SE: peripheral neuropathy (7)
**FISH MAP** * **F**luoroquinolones * **I**soniazid * **S**tatins * **H**eavy metals * **M**etronidazole * **A**miodarone * **P**henytoin
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DRUG SE: hyponatraemia
Antidepressants (SSRIs, tricyclics)

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