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Neurology Flashcards

1
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Thunderclap headache

A

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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2
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Xanthochromic

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Presence of bilirubin in the CSF

Can be used to differentiate between traumatic tap and in vivo haemorrhage

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Xanthrochromic lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage

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4
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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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5
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Cogwheel rigidity

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Parkinson’s disease

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6
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Woody texture muscle swelling

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Duchenne or Becker MD

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7
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Raised CK

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Muscular dystrophy

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8
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Mask like expression

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Parkinson’s disease

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9
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Toe walker/positive Gower’s sign

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Muscular dystrophy

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10
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Fluctuating cognitive deficit

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Lewy body dementia

Delirium

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11
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REM disturbance (later in night)

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Lewy body dementia

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12
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Vivid visual hallucinations (usually children, not threatenting)

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Lewy body dementia

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13
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Acute onset cognitive disturbance that fluctuates

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Delirium

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14
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Personality/behaviour changes > dementia

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Frontotemporal dementia

= Pick’s disease

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15
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Memory and personality problems in someone with a history of CV disease

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Vascular dementia

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16
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Stepwise deterioration

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Vascular dementia

17
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Pain on loud noise

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Facial nerve palsy

18
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Painful CN III palsy

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Posterior communicating aneurysm

19
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Myalgia + Myositis + myoglobulinaemia/uria

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Rhabdomyolysis

20
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Inflammatory myopathy with poor steroid response

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Inclusion body myositis

21
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Weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis

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Myotonic dystrophy

22
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Leg symptoms + midline shift

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Falcine herniation

23
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Back pain worse on coughing

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Slipped disc

24
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Headache worse on coughing

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Posterior fossa issue

25
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BL sciatica + male sexual dysfunction + bowel/bladder symptoms

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Cauda equina syndrome

26
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Pleocytosis on CSF

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Bacterial meningitis

until proven otherwise

27
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Migraine prophylaxis

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1st - propranolol 2nd - amitriptyline

If neither of these work then try other drugs e.g. sodium valproate

28
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Erb’s palsy

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Injury to upper brachial plexus

Associated with shoudler dystocia

29
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Klumpke’s palsy

A

= claw hand

Injury to lower brachial plexus

30
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+VE Simmond’s test

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Achilles tendon rupture

31
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Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody

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Myaesthenia gravis

32
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Purely motor symptoms across U and LMN with ocular sparing

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Motor neurone disease

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