Neurology Flashcards
Thunderclap headache
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (cf. PCKD)
Xanthochromic Lumbar Puncture
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (cf fresh blood - traumatic tap)
Lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration)
Extradural haemorrhage
Cogwheel rigifity
Parkinsons (tremor over rigidity)
“Woody texture” muscle swelling
Duchenne or Becker MD
Raised CK
Muscular Dystrophy
Toe walker or positive gowers sign
Muscular Dystrophy
“Mask-like” expression
Parkinsons
“Fluctuating” cognitive Deficit
Lewy Body Dementia or Delirium
REM disturbance (later in night)
lewy body dementia
vivid visual hallucinations normally of children and not threatening
lewy body dementia
“acute onset” cognitive disturbance that fluctuates
Delirium
Personality/behaviour changes and then dementia
frontotemporal dementia (pick’s disease)
memory and personality problems in someone with a history of cardiovascular disease
vascular dementia
stepwise deterioration
vascular dementia