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Neuropathology Flashcards

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What are the layers of the meninges

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  • Dura mater
  • Arachnoid
  • Pia mater
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What are the arachnoid trabeculae

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  • are delicate strands of connective tissue that loosely connect the two innermost layers of the meninges – the arachnoid mater and the pia mater
  • They are found within the subarachnoid space where cerebrospinal fluid is also found
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What is the normal volume of CSF

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  • 150ml
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What is hydrocephalus

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  • Obstruction CSF flow
  • Impaired reabsorption at arachnoid granulations
  • Shrinking of brain tissue(eg dementias) = ex vacuo
  • Very rarely overproduction
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What does hydrocephalus before fusion of the cranial sutures cause

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  • It causes enlargement of the head circumference
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What is the classification for raised intracranial pressure

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  • Mean CSF pressure above 200mm H2O
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What can caused raised intracranial pressure

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  • Increased CSF volume(hydrocephalus)
  • Intracranial space occupying lesion(neoplasm, haemorrhage, abscess)
  • Cerebral oedema
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Give examples of types of herniation

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  • Subfalcial(cingulate)
  • Central/transtentorial
  • Tonsillar/cerebellar
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What is the clinical significance of a tonsillar/cerebellar herniation

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  • May cause compression of the medulla oblongata with impairment of vital respiratory and cardiac functions
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What are duret haemorrhages

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  • are small lineal areas of bleeding in the midbrain and upper pons of the brainstem
  • They are caused by a traumatic downward displacement of the brainstem
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Give examples of types of haemorrhages

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  • Extradural/epidural haemorrhage
  • Subdural haemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • Intracerebral haemorrhage
  • Ischaemic infarct with subsequent oedema or haemorrhage
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What is coup and contrecoup in head trauma

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Coup - brain moves forward due to collision

Contrecoup - heads hits the back as well due to intertia

  • If hit by a mobile object, there will only be one area of impact as the object moves away
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What is an extadural haematoma usually caused by

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  • Severe trauma with arterial laceration(m.meningeal artery)
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What is a subdural haematoma usually caused by

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  • Trauma may be minor in atrophy(bridging veins)
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What is a subarachnoid haematoma usually caused by

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  • Rupture of saccular(berry) aneurysm (circle of willis)
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What is an intraparenchymal haematoma usually caused by

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  • Hypertension
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Why does the chance of a subdural haematoma increase with age

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  • As brain drecreases in size with increasing age, the veins become stretched which increases chance of a subdural haemorrhage
  • Very little force required for a subdural haemorrhage
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Where does a subarachnoid haemorrhage usually occur

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  • Usually occurs at the base of the skull around the circle of willis
  • Can occur due to aneurysms that develop over life
19
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What are the effects of a spinal cord injury dependent on

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  • The level of injury
20
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What is vasogenic oedema

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Vasogenic cerebral oedema refers to a type of cerebral oedema in which the blood brain barrier (BBB) is disrupted (cf. cytotoxic cerebral oedema, where the BBB is intact). It is an extracellular oedema which mainly affects the white matter via leakage of fluid from capillaries.

It is most frequently seen around brain tumours (both primary and secondary) and cerebral abscesses, though some vasogenic oedema may be seen around maturing cerebral contusion and cerebral haemorrhage.

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What is cytotoxic oedema

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  • In cytotoxic edema, the blood–brain barrier remains intact but a disruption in cellular metabolism impairs functioning of the sodium and potassium pump in the glial cell membrane, leading to cellular retention of sodium and water
22
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What can cause cytotoxic oedema

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  • Alcohol
23
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Difference between hypoxia and ischaemia

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  • Global vs focal
24
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What is an ischemic stroke and what are the two types

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  • Occur when blood blow to the brain is blocked by a blood clot
    1) Thrombotic stroke - Caused when a blood clot forms in the artery leading to the brain

2) Embolic stroke -
Begin with a clot forming elsewhere in the body - such as the heart or neck - that breaks loose and travels to the brain

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What is a haemorrhagic stroke

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  • Occurs when a weak blood vessel bursts and bleeds into the brain
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What is pyknosis

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  • Is the irreversible condensation of chromatin in the nucleus of a cell undergoing necrosis or apoptosis. It is followed by karyorrhexis, or fragmentation of the nucleus
27
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Histological features of ischaemic infarct

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  • Acute neuronal injury
  • ‘Red neurons’
  • Pyknosis of nucleus
  • Shrinkage of the cell body
  • Loss of nucleoli
  • Intense eosinophilia of cytoplasm
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What is a neoplasm

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  • a new and abnormal growth of tissue in a part of the body, especially as a characteristic of cancer
29
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What percentage of neoplasms are primary and metastatic

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  • 75% primary
  • 25% metastatic
  • 20% malignant childhood tumours are located in the CNS
30
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What is meningitis

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  • Infection leading to inflammation of the leptomeninges
31
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Is an abscess usually viral or bacterial

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  • Bacterial
32
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What is encephalitis

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  • Inflammation of the brain usually due to viral infection
33
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What is toxoplasmosis

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  • A parasitic infection caused by toxoplasma gondii
34
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What is cysticercosis

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Cysticercosis is a tissue infection caused by the young form of the pork tapeworm

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What is an example of a demyelinating disease

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  • MS
36
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What is creutzfeldt-jakob disease

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  • Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal degenerative brain disorder
  • CJD is believed to be caused by a protein known as a prion.[2] Infectious prions are misfolded proteins that can cause normally folded proteins to become misfolded

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