Neurology Flashcards
thunderclap headache
subarachnoid haemorrhage
xanthochromic LP
SAH
fresh blood - traumatic tap
lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration)
extradural haemorrhage
cogwheel rigidity
Parkinson’s (spasticity over rigidity)
‘woody texture’ muscle swelling
Duchenne or Becker MD
raised CK
muscular dystrophy
toe walker or positive gower’s sign
muscular dystrophy
mask like expression
Parkinson’s
fluctuating cognitive deficit
lewy body dementia or delirium
vivid visual hallucinations of children and not threatening
lewy body dementia
REM disturbance
lewy body dementia or parkinson’s
acute onset fluctuating cognitive disturbance
delirium
personality/behaviour changes then dementia
frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)
memory and personality problems in someone with CV disease
vascular dementia
stepwise deterioration
vascular dementia
pain on loud noise
facial nerve palsy
painful third nerve palsy
aneurysm
myalgia + myositis + myoglobulinaemia/uria
rhabdomyalysis ( –> DIC and renal failure)
inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids
inclusion body myositis
weakness + frontal balding + cataracts +ptosis
myotonic dystrophy (onset 30s, positive FHx)
leg symptoms + midline shift
falcine herniation
back pain worse on coughing
slipped disc
headache worse on coughing
posterior fossa issue
bilateral sciatica + male sexual dysfunction
cauda equina
pleocytosis on CSF
rules out bacterial meningitis
injury upper brachial plexus
Erb’s palsy (waiter’s tip)
associated with shoulder dystocia
injury lower brachial plexus
Klumpke’s palsy (claw hand)
