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Neurology Flashcards

1
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Thunderclap headache

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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2
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Xanthochromic lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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3
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Lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration)

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Extra-Dural haemorrhage

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4
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Cogwheel rigidity

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Parkinson’s

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5
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“Woody texture” muscle swelling

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Duchenne or Becker MD

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6
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Raised CK

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Muscular dystrophy

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7
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Toe walker or positive gower’s sign

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Muscular dystrophy

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8
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“Mask like” expression

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Parkinson’s

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9
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Fluctuating cognitive deficit

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Lewy body dementia or delirium

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R.E.M. Disturbance (late at night)

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Lewy body dementia or PD

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11
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Vivid visual hallucinations, usually non-threatening and of children

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Lewy body dementia

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12
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Acute onset fluctuating cognitive disturbance

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Delirium

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13
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Personality/behaviour changes then dementia

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Fronto-temporal dementia (Pick’s disease)

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14
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Memory & personality problems in someone with CVS disease

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Vascular dementia

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15
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Pain on loud noise

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Facial nerve palsy

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16
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Stepwise deterioration

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Vascular dementia

17
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Painful third nerve palsy

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Aneurysm

18
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Myalgia
Myositis
Myoglobulinaemia/uria

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Rhabdomyolysis

DIC and renal failure

19
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Inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids

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Inclusion body myositis

20
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Weakness
Frontal balding
Cataracts
Ptosis

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Myotonic dystrophy

21
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Leg symptoms

Midline shift

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Falcons herniation

22
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Back pain worse on coughing

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Slipped disc

23
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Headache worse on coughing

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Posterior fossa issue

24
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BL sciatica
Male sexual dysfunction
+/- bowel and bladder symptoms

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Cauda equina syndrome

25
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Pleocytosis on CSF - rule out?

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Bacterial meningitis

26
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1st line migraine prophylaxis

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Propanolol
Topiramate
Amitryptilline

27
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2nd line migraine prophylaxis

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Valproate 
Pizotifen 
Gabapentin 
Pregabalin 
(Try new drug after 4 months)
28
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Waiter’s tip

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Injury to upper brachial plexus - Erb’s palsy

29
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Claw hand

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Injury to lower brachial plexus - Klumpke’s palsy

30
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Positive simmond’s test

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Achilles’ tendon rupture

31
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Anti-acetylcholine (nicotinic) receptor antibody

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Myaesthenia gravis

32
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Purely motor symptoms with ocular sparing

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Motor neurone disease

33
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Raccoon/panda eyes

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Anterior cranial fossa fracture

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