Neurology - Spinal cord and PNS diseases Flashcards
Neural tube defects
Risk factors
Types
Spinal Dysraphism
Definition
Site
Association
Spinal dysraphism
Types
S/S
Management of spinal dysraphism
Tethered cord syndrome
Pathology
S/S
Dx
Mx
Floppy infant
Cardinal features
Types
Floppy infant
Causes
Floppy infant
History taking questions
Floppy infant
P/E
Floppy infant
P/E special signs
Floppy infant
Investigations
Compare CNS vs PNS lesion
- Hx
- P/E
- Workup
Compare NMJ and muscle diseases
- History
- P/E
- Ix
Spinal muscular atrophy
- Cause
- Classification
SMA
Clinical classification
Ability in each type
SMA
S/S
Dx
SMA
Mx
Motor neuron disease
Ddx mixed UMN and LMN disease
Motor neuron disease
Variants
Motor neuron disease
Clinical presentation
Motor neuron disease
P/E features
Ix
Mx
Peripheral nerve disease
causes
Peripheral nerve disease
S/S
Patterns
Peripheral nerve disease
D/dx
Peripheral nerve disease
Ix
Peripheral nerve disease
Mx
GBS
Cause
Types
GBS
Signs
Ix
GBS
D/dx
GBS
Management
Prognosis
Hereditary polyneuropathy
Types
HMSN
Cause
Examples
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Etiologies
S/S
Ix
MG
Pathophysiology
Types
MG
Clinical features
MG
Ix
MG
Mx
Myasthenic crisis vs Cholinergic crisis
S/S
Trigger
Myasthenic crisis, Cholinergic crisis
General and specific management
Inherited muscle disease
d/dx
Acquired causes of muscle disease
Muscle disease
S/S
Muscle disease
Ix
Muscular dystrophy
Cause
Classification
X-linked dystrophinopathies
Types
Cause
Inheritance
S/S
Dx
Mx
Myotonic dystrophy
Inflammatory myopathies
Types
Inflammatory myopathies
S/S
Compare polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Inflammatory myopathies
Ix
Dx
Mx