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How do you test C.I?

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Strong smelling things (eg coffee) at the nose

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What could cause bilateral anosmia?

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Trauma

Parkinson’s disease

COVID-19

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What is anosmia?

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Partial or complete loss of sense of smell

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What could cause unilateral anosmia?

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Frontal lobe lesion

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What is functional anosmia?

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Only able to detect odours occasionally

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How do you test the cranial nerves associated with the eyes?

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Inspection of eyes, eyelids, iris and pupils for any cloudiness

Pupillary reactions

  • light reflex with hand separation
  • focusing on finger

Visual acuity with standardised Snellen chart and Ishihara test

Visual fields (peripheral vision)

Eye movement (following a finger)

Fundoscopy with ophthalmoscope

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What is the Ishihara test used for?

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Test for colour blindness/deficiency

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What pupillary reactions are normal?

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Light with hand separation should result in one pupil constricting

Focusing on a finger should result in equal constriction of both pupils

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What is a direct pupillary reaction?

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Reaction in the eye you are testing

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What is a consensual pupillary reaction?

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Reaction in the eye you are not testing

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What structures should you see in a fundoscopy?

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Optic cup

Optic disc

Fovea

Macula

Arteries and veins

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What will you see in a fundoscopy of someone with papilloedema?

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Swelling of optic disc

Margins of optic disc are not clear (blurred)

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What is papilloedema often seen with?

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Brain tumours

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What will you see in a fundoscopy of someone with optic atrophy?

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Paler and larger optic disc

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How do you test eye movement?

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Ask patient to follow finger with their eyes

Do not move head

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Which cranial nerve controls eyelid elevation and what muscle is involved?

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Oculomotor nerve (C.III)

Levator palpebrae superioris

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What will you see in a patient with an oculomotor nerve palsy?

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Pupil dilation in affected eye

Affected eye will look down and laterally at rest

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What will you see in a patient with a trochlear nerve palsy?

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Affected eye will look up and medially at rest

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What will you see in a patient with an abducens nerve palsy?

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Affected eye will not be able to look to the same side/laterally (abduct)

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What is abducens nerve palsy often associated with?

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Brain tumours

Increased intracranial pressure

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What are the two rules of double vision?

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Double vision is maximal in the direction of gaze of the affected muscle

The false image is the outer image that arises in the affected eye

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What may cause single palsies of the cranial nerves controlling eye movement?

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Medical = diabetes, atherosclerosis

Surgical = Tumour, aneurysm, trauma

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What causes a single cranial nerve pathology?

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Supranuclear lesion (CNS) or peripheral lesion

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What causes multiple cranial nerve pathology?

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CNS lesion of systemic diseases

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Describe external ophthalmoplegia.
Paralysis of multiple extraocular muscles Common with myopathic or mitochondrial conditions Not due to single nerve lesions
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How do you test the sensory aspect of C.V?
Touch face lightly with cotton for each branch of trigeminal (forehead, cheek, chin) Unconscious corneal reflex with cotton on the cornea
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How do you test the motor aspect of C.V?
Patient tries to push jaw against clinician's fingers to assess strength Palpation to assess bulk
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Describe Frey's syndrome.
Affects auriculotemporal branch of C.V near parotid May be due to trauma or parotid surgery Sweating and redness around nerve when patient smells/tastes certain chemicals
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What are some common causes of inferior alveolar nerve damage?
Implants Root treatment Wisdom tooth surgery
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What is loss of sensation of half the face often associated with?
Herpes infection
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How do you test C.VII?
Scrunch eyes closed Wrinkle forehead Blow out cheeks Smile Unconscious corneal reflex with cotton on cornea
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Why do we do the corneal reflex when the patient is unconscious? What does this test?
Very uncomfortable if awake C.V and C.VII
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What is Bell's palsy?
Unilateral lower motor neuron lesion of facial nerve
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Which part of the face is often spared with an upper motor neuron lesion of the facial nerve? Why?
Forehead Both hemispheres contribute to muscles in this area, allowing for compensation
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What is a common cause of unilateral upper motor neuron lesions of the facial nerve?
Cerebrovascular accidents
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What are the two auditory assessments and which nerve do they test?
Rinne's test Weber's test Cochlear branch of vestibulocochlear nerve (C.VIII)
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Describe the Rinne's test.
Tests for conductive hearing 512Hz tuning fork vibrated both near the ear and on the mastoid process Normally, hearing will be better near the ear/via air than on mastoid process
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Describe Weber's test.
Tests for sensineural hearing loss 256Hz tuning fork vibrated on centre of top of head Normally, sound will be heard equally in both ears
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How do you test the vestibular division of C.VIII?
Observe gait Hallpike manouevre for nystagmus
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What is the Hallpike manouevre?
Rapidly moving from sitting to supine position with head turned 45º to one side then returning to sitting after 20-30s Repeat for the other side Observe for nystagmus
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Which cranial nerve tests involve the mouth and tongue?
Asking about taste Listening to voice Visual inspection of surfaces and uvula Gag reflex Tongue movement and appearance
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What observations may indicated pathology of tongue?
Small tongue with: - fasciculations = bilateral LMN lesion - reduced movement = bilateral UMN lesion Unilateral tongue deviation with: - wasting = LMN lesion - normal bulk = UMN lesion
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How do you test C.XI?
Turn head to each side and check SCM size (equal or unequal) Ask patient to try to turn head against resistance/clinician's hand Check trapezius size on each side Ask patient to shrug against resistance from clinician's hands
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What may a bilateral accessory lower motor nerve lesion actually be the result of?
Myopathy
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What cranial nerves will a cerebellopontine angle lesion affect?
Trigeminal nerve (C.V) Facial nerve (C.VII) Vestibulocochlear nerve (C.VIII) (Unilateral)
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What cranial nerves will a cavernous sinus lesion affect?
Oculomotor (C.III) Trochlear nerve (C.IV) Ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1) Abducens nerve (C.VI) (Unilateral)
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Describe Horner syndrome.
Damage to sympathetic trunk, congenital or acquired Ptosis/bletharoptosis (drooping of upper eyelid) Anhidrosis (inability to sweat normally) Miosis (excessive pupil constriction) Enophthalmos (posterior displacement of eyeball in orbit, bony changes) May be caused by CNS stroke or demyelination or PNS trauma, carotid dissection, aortic aneurysm, tumour
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Describe myotonic dystrophy.
Most common muscular dystrophy in adults (1/8000) and subject to anticipation Possible anaesthetic complications Facial involvement: - forehead muscle wasting - bilateral eyelid drooping - malocclusion - muscle weakness causes general tired appearance
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Describe myasthenia gravis.
Treatable, generalised neuromuscular acquired weakness due to AChR antibodies Facial involvement: - droopy eyelids - unusual eye movements

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