Otology [4] Mvmnt Dis [1]

Question 1

Green ring around cornea, Kayser Fleischer ring is diagnostic of

Answer 1

wilsons disease

Question 2

diagnostic features of tourretes

Answer 2

tics

often assoc, with Obsessive compulsive behavior and depression

Question 3

Complex seizures often arise in which lobe?

Answer 3

temporal –> psychosis and personality disorders, including motor seizures.

Question 4

How Psychiatric illnesses whose tx results in movement disorders

Answer 4

Antipsychotic drugs block DA in cerebral cortex → decrease psychotic disorders

also block DA in basal ganglia → Parkinsonian symp

Question 5

How movement disorder tx results in psychiatric disorders

Answer 5

L-DOPA for parkinsons → new onset of hallucinations, delusions, erratic behavior (gambling)

Question 6

Hallmarks of neural Hearing loss

Answer 6

assymetry of hearing between the two ears

and reduced speech perception scores (↓recognition/clarity).

Question 7

conductive vs sensorineural hearing loss on an audiogram

Answer 7

conductive: affects all freq of hearing

Sensory: affects high freq hearing initially

Question 8

Which is lost first? OHC or IHC?

Answer 8

OHC lost first (noise trauma) and replaced by non functioning supporting cells

Question 9

most common cause of non-syndromic (genetic/congenital) hearing loss

Answer 9

connexion 26

Question 10

endolymphatic hydrops

Answer 10

path condition characterized by expansion of the endolymphatic compartment of the inner ear (scala media).

(menieres D)

Question 11

causes of neural hearing loss

Answer 11

8th nerve tumors
auditory neuropathy
MS

(remember, look for assymetric HL)