Neurology and optho Flashcards
What is the most common brachial plexus injury in neonates?
upper trunk (C5-C7), Erb’s palsy, accounts for 90%; biceops relfex absent but intact palmar grasp, arm adducted and iternally rotated, extension of the elbow, pronation of the forearm, flexed wrist and fingers
What is the most common condition that is misdiagnosed as neonatal seizures?
benign sleep myoclonus; characterized by sudden jerk of oone or more limbs, can be unilateral or bilateral; primary feature is that they occur during sleep and stop on arousal
Is the 2 channel aEEG superior to the single channel aEEG for detecting focal seizures?
yes
What is the most common cause of conjunctivitis in the first month of life?
Chlamydia
What is a common cause for conductive hearing loss?
fluid in the middle ear
What disorders are associated with a problem during primary neurulation (3-4 weeks gestation?)
dorsa induction: anencephaly, myeloschisis, encephalocole, myelomeningocoele, Arnold-Chiari malformatio, (problems with brain and spinal cord except the lower segment)
At what gestation can the elbow be adducted all the way the opposite shoulder?
28 weeks
Which neurodevelopmental sequelae is most likely associated with IUGR instead of prematurity?
decreased full scale and Verbal IQ ( in the case of infant that is both preterm and IUGR)
what are the strongest risk factors for hearing loss?
asphyxia, craniofacial anomalies, and diagnosis of a syndrome wih hearing loss
what is th most common cause of hearing loss?
genetic (50%), acquired 25% and unknown 25%
What is the common genetic cause of hearing loss?
mutation in the connexin 26 gene (CX26) gene which causes 20-30% of hearing loss
What syndromes are asociated with hearing loss?
Alport syndrome, Peirre Robin sequence, Usher syndrome, Pendred syndrome, Waardenburg syndrome, Treacher collins syndrome, CHARGE association, Klippel Feil sequence, trisomy 8, Stickler syndrome, trisomy 21
An infant that is 12 days old presents with bilateral leucoria, jaundice, and hepatomegaly. He is hypotensive, tachycardic and tachypneic. His blood culture become positive for E coli sepsis. Wht is the most likely diagnosis
galactosemia
Infant with subgaleal hemorrhage. Where is the site of bleeding?
bleeding from emissary veins betwwen the scalp and the dural sinuses; accumulatio of blood in the subcutaneous tissue between the skull and aponeurosis
Rupture of vessels in the subperiosteal space leads to what ?
cephalohematoma; can lead to skull deformation if the lesion is calcified or ossified
This kind of bleed is causesd by a disruption of the middle cerebral artery or vein and venous sinuses; characterized by subperiosteal bleeding in the inner surface of the skull
extradural hemorrhage
What is the most common cause of seizures in the neonatal period?
HIE
What are the hemodynamic changes the predispose preterm neonates to a peri/intraventicular cranial hemorrahge?
decreased compliance of the immature myocardium, impaired myocardial contractility, low cerebral blood flow on day 1 of life, shunting through the PDA
What are the causes of primary microcephaly?
Chromosomal anomalies (T13, T18, T21); somatic anomalies like Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, PWS, Smith-Lemli-Opitz; neuralation anomalies like anenecephaly; cleavage syndromes like holoprosencephaly; migratonal anomalies like schizencaphaly, lissencephaly, polymicrogyria; congenital infections- toxoplasmosis, rubella, CMV, HSV, coxsackie; biochemical disorders like maternal DM or maternal PKU; toxins like maternal cocaine, alcohol, phenytoin
Are most cases of retinoblastoma hereditary or nonhereditary?
nonhereditary; 40% of cases are hereditary and are auto dom
How do you diagnose fetal ventriculomegaly?
when the atrial wdth of the at least one of the lateral ventricles is >10 mm.
what is a common cause of unilateral corneal clouding?
birth trauma, especially with a forceps delivery. The clouding results from Descemet membrane tears which are commonly vertically or obliquely oriented.
What increases cerebral blood flow?
increased BP in asphyxiated infant; increased paCO2, decreased paO2, dopamine, decreased hemoglobin concentration, increased proportion of fetal hemoglobin, hypoglycemia; seizures
what causes decreased cerebral blood flow?
decreased paCO2, increased paO2, increased hemoglobin concentration, decreased fetal hemoglobin
True or false: with decreasing gestationala age, the MAP approaches the lower limit of autoregulation plateau which predisposes the premature brain to decreased cerebral blood flow with changes in BP
TRUE
Describe Dandy-Walker malformation
Developmental anomaly of the cerebellar vermis leading for faillure of the 4th ventricle to close normally. The three classic findings are: vermis hypoplasia, cystic dilation of the posterior fosaa with communication to the 4th ventricle and abnormally high tentorum and torcula. Dandy-Walker - think cyst and small cerebellum
Descibe Arnold Chiari Malformation
Downward displacement of the cerebellum into the spinal cord. Posterior fossa is generally small. Wide specturm of clinical symptoms : obstructive hydrocephalus, abnml eye movements, cerebellar deficits and myelomeningocoles
What is the most common posterior fossa malformation
Dandy-Walker
What is the second most common lethal autosomal recessive disease in Caucasians?
Spinal muscular atrophy, (first is CF)
Name the 3 peripheral neuropathies a/w Leukodystrophies, the inheritance, and the enzyme defect
All AR: Krabbe’s diseaase due to Galactosylceramide beta-galactocerebroside deficiency; Metachromaic leukodystrophy due to arylsulfatase A def; Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy –> elevated VLCFA
A well 6 mo infant develops constipation, weak cry, hypotonia, and weakness. On physical exam, there is ptosis, dilated pupils and EOM abnormal. Whats the Dx?
infantile botulism
Seizures due to the following causes happen at what time frame? Meningitis/sepsis, drug effects, HIE, intrauterine infectin, IVH at term, laceration of tentorium or falx, pyridoxine deficiency, subarachnoid hemorrage
peak onset at 24 hours
What are the causes for seizures that happen at 24-72 hours of life?
cerebral contusion/dysgenesis/ infarction/ hemorrhage, drug withdrawal, meningitis/sepsis, metabolic disturbances, neurocutaneous syndromes, pyridoxine def, urea cycle defects
What are the cause of sezures that happen between 72 hrs of life and 1 week?
cerebral dysgenesis/infarction, familial neonatal seizures, Hypopit, Intracranial hemorrage, Kernicterus, Methylmalonic aciduria, propionic aciduria, tuberous sclerosis, Urea cycle defects
What are the causes of seiures that occur between 1-4 weeks?
Cerebral dysgenesis, cerebral venous infarction, fructose dysmetabolism, Gaucher’s disease type 2, GM! Gangliosidosis type 1, herpes encephalitis, Ketotic hyperglycinemia, MSUD,Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy, Neurotransmitter defects, Tuberous sclerosis and Urea cycle defects
What defects are due to a problem during primary. Neurulation (happens at weeks 3-4)?
anencephaly, myeloschisis, encephalocoele, myelomeningocele, Arnold-Chairi malformation
What defects are due to a problem during secondary neurulation (weeks 4-7)?
spinal cysts, tethered cord, lipoma, teratoma, myelocystocoele, meningocele-lipomeningocoele
Aprosencephaly happens during what stage of CNS development?
abnormal development during the prosencephalic stage in which there is absence of the telencephalon, and diencephalon with porencephalic remnant. Happens at 2-3 months
What the pathophysiology of holoproscenephaly?
abnormal development during the prosencephalic stage in which there is a primary defects of cleavage
In what stage of neurulation does agenesis of the corpus callosum occur?
prosenecephalic phase, primary defect in cleavage
in primary and secondary neurulation, what is the direction of induction?
dorsal
In prosencephalic stage of neurulation, what is the direction of induction?
ventral
At what stage in neurulation does microcephaly and macrocephaly occur>
neural and glial proliferation at 3-4 months
Name disorders that happen duri ng neuronal migration from 3-5 months GA
schizencephaly, lissencephaly, pachgyria (broad gyri) and polymicrogyria
What are disorders of neuonal organization?
mental deficiency, T21, Fragile X, austism, Angelman syndrome, prematurity
What is the last pathway in the brain myelinate?
the association bundle, which connects the prefrontal cortex with the temporal and parietal lobes. Happens at ~32 years
Failure of anterior closure of the of the neural tube causes what problem with brain development?
anencephaly
what defect is caused by failure of rostal closure of the neural tube resulting in herniation of the meniniges and brain tissue through a skull defect
encephalocoele; seen in Meckel-Gruber syndrome’
What is the most common location of encephaleocoles>
occipital (70%) followed by frontal, then parietal or nasofrontal
What results from failure of closure of the posterior neural tube?
myelomeningocoele