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Neurology Flashcards

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thunderclap headache

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subarachnoid haemorrhage

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2
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xanthochromic LP

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SAH

fresh blood - traumatic tap

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

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extradural haemorrhage

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4
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cogwheel rigidity

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Parkinson’s (spasticity over rigidity)

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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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raised CK

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muscular dystrophy

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toe walker or positive gower’s sign

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muscular dystrophy

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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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vivid visual hallucinations of children and not threatening

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lewy body dementia

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11
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REM disturbance

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lewy body dementia or parkinson’s

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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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frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)

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14
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memory and personality problems in someone with CV disease

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vascular dementia

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15
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stepwise deterioration

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vascular dementia

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16
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pain on loud noise

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facial nerve palsy

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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rhabdomyalysis ( –> 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 (onset 30s, positive FHx)

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leg symptoms + midline shift

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falcine 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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bilateral sciatica + male sexual dysfunction

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cauda equina

25
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pleocytosis on CSF

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rules out bacterial meningitis

26
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injury upper brachial plexus

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Erb’s palsy (waiter’s tip)

associated with shoulder dystocia

27
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injury lower brachial plexus

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Klumpke’s palsy (claw hand)

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