neurology buzzwords Flashcards
thunderclap headache
subarachnoid haemorrhage
subarachnoid lumbar puncture
xanthochromic lumbar puncture
lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse/deterioration)
extradural haemorrhage
cogwheel rigidity
Parkinson’s
woody texture muscular swelling
duchenne or Becker MD
raised CK
muscular dystrophy
muscular dystrophy
toe walker, positive gowers sign
mask like expression
parkinson’s
fluctuating cognitive deficit
lewy body dementia or delirium
REM disturbance
levy body or parkinson’s
vivid visual hallucinations normally of children and not threatening
lewy body
acute onset cognitive disturbance that fluctuates
delirium
personality change then dementia
frontotemporal (Picks)
stepwise deterioration
vascular dementia
memory and personality changes in someone with past hx of CV disease
vascular dementia
pain on loud noise
facial nerve palsy
painful third nerve palsy
posterior communicating artery aneurysm
myalgia + myositis + myoglobulinaemia/uria
rhabdomyolysis
inflammatory myopathy, poor response to steroids
inclusion body myositis
weakness + frontal balding + cataracts + ptosis
myotonic dystrophy
leg symptoms, midline shift
falcine herniation
back pain, worse on coughing
slipped disk
headache worse on coughing
posterior fossa issue
BL sciatica + male sexual dysfunction +/- bladder bowel symptoms
cauda equina