Neurology Flashcards by Niamh Fitzpatrick

Q

Thunderclap headache

A

subarachnoid haemorrhage

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xanthochromic LP

A

subarachnoid haemorrhage

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Cogwheel rigidity

A

parkinson’s

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Raised CK

A

muscular dystrophy

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Toe walker/ +ve Gowers

A

muscular dystrophy

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Q

Mask-like expression

A

parkinson’s

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fluctuating cognitive deficit

A

lewy body dementia or delirium

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REM disturbance

A

Lewy body or Parkinson’s disease

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Vivid visual hallucinations eg. children

A

Lewy body dementia

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Personality changes then dementia

A

Frontotemporal dementia

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Q

Memory and personality problems in someone with CV disease history

A

Vascular dementia

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Stepwise deterioration

A

Vascuar dementia

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Q

Pain on loud noise

A

Facial nerve palsy

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Painful third nerve palsy

A

aneurysm

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Leg symptoms + midline shift

A

Falcine herniation

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Q

Back pain worse on coughing

A

slipped disc

Q

Injured upper brachial plexus

A

Erb’s palsy

Q

Injured lower brachial plexus

A

Klumpke’s palsy

Q

Donald duck speech

A

pseudobulbar palsy