Neurology Buzzwords Flashcards
thunderclap headache
subarachnoid haemorrhage (PCKD)
xanthochromic LP
SAH (fresh blood = traumatic tap)
lucid period after head trauma, often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration
extradural haemorrhage
cogwheel rigidity
parkinsons
woody texture muscle swelling
duchenne or becker MD
raised CK, toe walker or positive growers sign
muscular dystrophy
mast like expression
parkinsons
fluctuating cognitive deficit
lewy body dementia or delirium
REM disturbance
LBD or PD
vivid visual hallucinations normally of children and not threatening
lewy body dementia
acute onset cognitive disturbance that fluctuates
delirium
personality / behaviour changes then dementia
frontotemporal dementia (picks disease)
memory and personality problems in someone with history of CVD
vascular dementia
stepwise deterioration
vascular dementia
pain on loud noise
facial nerve palsy
painful third nerve palsy
aneurysm
myalgia + myositis + myoglobinaemia / uria
rhabdomylosis (-> DIC and renal failure)
inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids
inclusion body myositis
weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis
myotonic dystrophy (onset 30+, +ve FH_
leg symptoms and midline shift
falcine herniation
back pain worse on coughing
slipped disc
headache worse on coughing
posterior fossa issue
BL sciatica and sexual dysfunction
cauda equina
pleocytosis on CF
rules out bacterial meningitis
migraine treatment
acute - paracetamol, triptins, NSAIDs, antiemetics
prophylaxis - propranolol, topiramate or amtitriptyline
injury upper brachial plexus
erbs palsy (waiters tip) - more common, associated with shoulder dystocia
injury to lower brachial plexus
klumpkes palsy (claw hand)
+ve simmonds test
achilles tendon rupture
