Neurology Flashcards
Diseases associated with syringomyelia
trauma
Extrinsic compression
Arnold chiari malformation
Common location of syringomyelia
C8-t1
Cape like sensory loss
Due to involvement of anterior commisure in cord
Bilateral pain and temperature sensation lost
Fine touch and proprioception preserved because carried by dorsal columns which do not cross
What runs in lateral horn of spinal cord
Hypothalamospinal tract
Sympathetic outflow for face at T1
If affected because of syringomyelia causes horners syndrome
What are features of horners syndrome
Ptosis
Miosis
Anhidrosis
What is affected in poliomyelitis
Anterior horn cells
Lmn signs flaccid paralysis, weakness with atrophy, impaired reflexes with
Negative babinski—- downward going toes
DD is werdnig hoffman disease - floppy baby syndrome— AR INHERITED ANT MOTOR NEURON DEGENERATION DEATH IN FEW YEARS
What is floppy baby syndrome
Werdnig hoffman syndrome
It is an autosomal recessive inherited degeneration of anterior horn cell
Mimics polio symptoms
Death in few years after birth
What is amyolateral sclerosis
Degenerative upper and lower motor neuron disease ie of corticospinal tract
Anterior horn involvement —-LMN SIGNS
LATERAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT INV—-UMN SIGNS
How can ALS and syringomyelia be differentiated
ALS is pure motor disorder no cape like sensory loss
What mutation can be seen in familial cases of ALS
Zine- copper superoxide dismutase
SOD Is important mechanism to manage oxygen free radical by converting it to hydrogen peroxide
What is freidreichs ataxia
Degenerative disorder of cerebellum and spinal cord tracts
Symptoms of freidrichs ataxia
Ataxia
Loss of vibration and proprioception
Muscle weakness in lower extremities
Loss of DTR
Genetic abnormality in freidrichs ataxia
AR
unstable GAA trinucleotide repeats in frataxin gene
Fra taxin—- iron toxin —- iron is toxic in mitochondria because abnormal iron metabolism in mitochondria generates free radicals
What age friedrichs ataxia presents
Childhood
Association of freidrichs ataxia
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
High yield
3 most common causes of
Meningitis in neonates
Grp B STREPTO
E COLI
L MONOCYTOGENES
Menignitis causes in children and teenages
Neisseria meningitidis
Meningitis in adults and elderly
Strep pneumo
Meningitis in. Non vaccinated infants
H influenza
Most common viral cause of meningitis
Coxsackie
LP FINDINGS IN BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
Neutrophils with low glucose
Positive gram stain
Positive culture
LP IN VIRAL MENINGITIS
Lymphocytes with normal CSF glucose
LP IN FUNGAL MENINGITIS
Lymphocytes with low CSF GLUCOSE
Causes of global cerebral ischemia
Low perfusion
Acute reduction in blood flow— SHOCK
chronic hypoxia— ANEMIA
repeated hypoglycemia—- INSULINOMA
Mild GCI resolves
Severe does cerebral necrosis and death or vegetative comma state
What are features of moderate or intermdiate form of GCI
Classic example is low perfusion hypotension
Infarcts in watershed areas
Damage to highly vulnerable areas of brain
What are the high vulnerable areas prone to damage in moderate global cerebral
Ischemia
Cortex neurons in layer 3 5 6 pyramidal neurons triangular appearence
Giving line of necrosis in 356
Ie cortical laminar necrosis
And pyramidal neurons of hippocampus ( long term memory)
Purkinje cells of cerebellum
Embolic stroke is
Haemorrhagic infarction
Lacunar stroke is due to
Hyaline arteriosclerosis
Cmnly in lenticulostriate vessels
Histology of ischemic stroke
Leads to liquefactive necrosis
1st sign— red neurons 12 hrs
2nd sign— cells come in - neutrophils and microglia for granulation tissue by 1 week
3rd sign— gliosis with fluid filled cystic spaces by 1 month
Common cause of intracranial haemorrhagd
Hypertension causes rupture of charcot bouchards microaneurysms
In basal ganglia
Other site— cerebellum
LP XANTHOCHROMIA
Yellow discolouration of csf due to SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE
Mst common cause of SAH
Berry aneurysms located in anterior circle of willis mostly near branch points of Acom
Diseases in which berry aneurysms are found
Marfans
AD PKD
Which vessel wall layer is lacking in berry aneurysm
Remember it is at branch point and it is a true aneurysm
Media layer
Muscle
Vessel most likely bleeding in epidural hematoma
Middle meningeal artery
Usually due to fractures of temporal bone
Lucid interval and herniation
Bleeding source in subdural
Hematoma
Bridging veins. Between dura and arachnoid
What structures are compressed due to uncal herniation
Cn 3 eye will be down out dilated and shut
PCA
Paramedian artery running on brain stem - gives rise to duret haemorrhages
What is the problem with leukodystrophies
Inherited disorders of enzymes needed for production and maintenance of myelin
Leads to demyelination
Which is the most common leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Def aryl sulfatase A
Myelin cannot be degraded.. sulfatides accumulates in neuron lysosomes
What is krabbes disease
Inherited leukodystrophy which has galactocerebroside- beta galatosidase
Galactocerebroside accumulates in macrophages
What is the biochemical problem
In adrenoleukodystrophh
Impaired addition of co enzyme A to VLCFA
Accumulates in adrenal gl and white matter
Xlr
What genetic suspceptibility does multiple sclerosis have
HLA DR2
Destruction of oligodendrocyte is main event
Hence leads to myelin loss
Scanning speach is seen in?
Multiple sclerosis
What structure involvement in multiple sclerosis leads to internuclear ophthalmoplegia
MLF
MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS
What is internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
Both eyes do not turn together while looking at one direction
LP diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Increased lymphocytes
Increased immunoglobulins
IgG oligoclonal bands
Presence of myelin basic protein
Locked in syndrome is seen in ?
Pontine lesions
Esp central pontine demyelination
All tracts in brainstem esp pons paralysed
Only cn 3 which is above pons is functioning
That is patient can move only eye and nothing else
Hence he gets locked in in his own body
MICTURITION CENTRE IN BRAIN IS LOCATED IN
MEDIAL FRONTAL LOBE - CINGULATE GYRUS
MANIFESTATIONS OF BILATERAL ACA OCCULUSION
BILATERAL SOMATOSENSORY AND MOTOR LOWER LIMB WEAKNESS
ABULIA (inability to take decisions)
SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOURAL MALFUNCTION
MICTURITION CENTRE– URINARY INCONTINENCE
WHAT IS ANOSOGNOSIA
INABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND PERCEIVE HIS OR HER ILLNESS – FRONTAL LOBE INFARCTS MCA OCCLUSION
BROACAs aphasia
damage to dominant frontal lobe
damage to non dominant parietal lobe can lead to
hemineglect – loss of spatial sensation of opp half of body