Neurology

Question 1

Type territory for neonatal cerebral infarctions

Answer 1

left middle cerebral artery

placenta is often source

Question 2

Linear Skull Fractures are most likely located

Answer 2

parietal area

Question 3

Meningiocele

Answer 3

herniation of meninges alone

usually covered with skin

Question 4

Diagnosis of Duchene Muscular Dystrophy

Answer 4

obtain CK

identify mutation on DMD gene on X chromosome

Question 5

Freidreich Ataxia

Answer 5

cerebellar ataxia

can have DM, HCM

Question 6

Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Answer 6

bilateral sharp and slow waves in repetitive fashion

multiple seizure types, intellectual delay

Question 7

Lissencephalpy

Answer 7

lacks cerebral folds/gyri

Question 8

Complication of intragluteal IM vaccination

Answer 8

sciatic nerve injury

Question 9

Thrombotic Disorder associated with pediatric strokes

Answer 9

antiphospholipid antibody

Question 10

ptosis in a neonate, consider

Answer 10

maternal Mysasthenia Gravis

Question 11

Encephalocele

Answer 11

herniation of the brain

Question 12

Most Common Inherited Cause of Strokes

Answer 12

APC resistance/factor V leiden

Question 13

Rasmussen Syndrome

Answer 13

chronic focal encephalitis

Question 14

tuft of hair on lower back

Answer 14

spinia bifida occulta

Question 15

Anencephaly

Answer 15

anterior NT fails to close

missing bones and parts of brain

Question 16

tongue fasicultations, think

Answer 16

SMA

Question 17

SMA gene

Answer 17

SMN1 on chr5

Question 18

myelomeningocele associations

Answer 18

Type II Chiari Malformation and hydrocephalus

Question 19

Seizures common with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

Answer 19

morning myoclonic seizures

nighttime/during sleep GTC

Question 20

Schizencephaly

Answer 20

bilateral clefts within cerebral hemispheres

“split brain”

Question 21

Myelomeningocele

Answer 21

herniation of spinal cord and meninges through a midline defect

Question 22

Marcus Gun Phenomenon

Answer 22

jaw-winking

abnormal innervation of trigeminal and oculomotor nerves

Question 23

Benign Rolandic Epilepsy of Childhood / BECTS

Answer 23

movements confined to face, UE
grunting
centrotemporal spike and wave

Question 24

Acute Cerebellar Ataxia Association

Answer 24

Varicella

Question 25

Eye Muscle Mnenoic

Answer 25

SO4
LR6
All the Rest 3

Question 26

nutrient deficiency that causes hard to treat seizures

Answer 26

B6

Question 27

VPA serious side effects

Answer 27

hyperammonic encephalopathy

Question 28

occipital sharp waves

Answer 28

epilepsy w/ visual phenomena

Question 29

3 Hz generalized spikes

Answer 29

absence

Question 30

4-6 polyspike

Answer 30

idiopathic generalized epilepsy with GTC

Question 31

Werdnig-Hoffman Disease

Answer 31

same as SMA

Question 32

topiramate side effect

Answer 32

acute angle closure glaucoma

Question 33

Chiari I and II malformations

Answer 33

I - cerebellar tonsils

II - cerebellar vermis, 4th ventricle, medulla

Question 34

Friedreich Ataxia

Answer 34

Frequent falls/ataxia
Recessive
(IE)
Dorsal column (vibratory, proprioception, absent deep reflexes) + DM
EI
Cerebellar dysfxn
HCM
Scoliosis