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PATH: Peripheral Nerves/Muscle Disorders Flashcards

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Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Pathology (Demylenation vs. Axonopathy)

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Demyelination: Conduction Velocity Impacted

Axonopathy: Amplitude Impacted

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Clinical Pattern of Peripheral Nerve Pathology?

Causes?

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Clinical Pattern of Peripheral Nerve Pathology?

Causes?

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Clinical Pattern of Peripheral Nerve Pathology?

Causes?

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Autonomic Neuropathy Characteristics?

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Proximal vs. Distal Motor Weakness?

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Characteristics of Thiamine (B1) Deficiency?

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Characteristics of Pyridoxine (B6) Deficiency?

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Characteristics of Cobalamin (B12) Deficiency?

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Diabetic Neuropathy

  • Modalities Impacted
  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Characteristics
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Uremia

  • Modalities Impacted
  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Characteristics
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Toxic causes of Peripheral neuropathy?

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Spinocerebellar (Friedreich’s) Ataxia (SCA)

  • Modalities Impacted
  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Characteristics
  • Complications
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)

  • Modalities Impacted
  • Genetic Causes of each subtype (CMT 1A, CMT1B, CMT 1X, CMT2)
  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Presentation
  • Complications
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Hereditary Causes of Neuropathy?

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Spinocerebellar (Friedreich’s) Ataxia (SCA)

  • Sensory/Axonopathic
  • Inactivating GAA repeats in Frataxin gene
  • Impaired mitochondrial iron handling
  • Difficulty walking (before 20)
  • Pes Cavus & Kyphoscoliosis
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Optic atrophy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)

  • Sensory and Motor / Demylenating (CMT2 Axonopathic)
  • Autosomal Dominant or X-Linked (CMT 1X)
  • Foot drop & wasting
  • Champagne bottle/Stork legs
  • Pes Cavus & Scoliosis
  • Schwann cell hyperplasia and hypertrophic neuropathy (except CMT 2)
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Infectious Causes of Neuropathy? How to Distinguish?

  • Modalities Impacted
  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Presentation
  • Complications
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Paraneoplastic Neuropathy

  • Modalities Impacted
  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Cause
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Guillain-Barré Disease (Most Common Motor Neuropathy)

  • Axonopathic/Demyelinating
  • Pathogenesis
  • Prognosis
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Differences between LMN and UMN Disease?

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________________: Fatigable (worse with exercise) weakness

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Myasthenic: Fatigable (worse with exercise) weakness

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_______________: inherited progressive muscular weakening and destruction/wasting

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Dystrophies: inherited progressive muscular weakening and destruction/wasting

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_______________: Involuntary sustained contraction or impaired relaxation of muscles

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Myotoias: Involuntary sustained contraction or impaired relaxation of muscles

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_______________: Ion channel disorders of muscle cells

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Channelopathies: Ion channel disorders of muscle cells

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Motor neuron disease characterized by:

  • Focal muscle weakness and wasting
  • Fasciculations
  • Brisk reflexes
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Pure UPPER motor neuron disease characterized by muscle weakness and wasting?

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Progressive Muscular Atrophy

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Pure UPPER motor neuron disease characterized by tetraperesis (RARE)

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Primary Lateral Sclerosis

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Motor Neuron disease characterized by fasciculating tongue?

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Progressive Bulbar/Pseudobulbar Palsy

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Myasthenia Gravis

  • Pathogenesis
  • Etiology
  • Complications
  • Treatment
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Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic-Myopathic Syndrome (LEMS)

  • Pathogenesis
  • Presentation
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Idiopathic inflammatory disease causing proximal skeletal muscle weakness and a characteristic rash probably mediated by autoimmunity?

  • Presentation
  • Pathogenesis
  • Diagnosis
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Dermatomyositis vs. Polymyositis?

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Polymyositis

  • Like dermatomyositis but No Rash
  • Endomysial CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells directly injuring Myocytes

Dermatomyositis

  • CD4+ T-cell and B-cells => perimysial vessels => Perifascicular Atrophy
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Endocrine casues of Muscle Disease?

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Electrolyte (Calcium/Potassium) casues of Muscle Disease?

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Drug Mediated Muscle Toxicities

  • ____________: Type II fibre atrophy
  • __________ –proximal weakness
  • _________ -myalgia
  • _______________–rhabdomyolysis/necrotizing autoimmune myopathy
  • _____________: Malignant neuroleptic syndrome (rigidity and autonomic instability
  • _____________: Malignant Hyperthermia
35
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Becker Muscular Dystrophy (later, milder)

36
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Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy

37
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Which type of muscle disease is poorly tolerant of general anesthesia?

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Myotonias: Sustained involuntary contraction and Impaired relaxation

38
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Myotonia Congenita

  • Autosomal Dominant vs. Recessive
  • Exacerbating factors
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Mytonic Dystrophy

  • Autosomal Dominat or Recessive?
  • Presentation?
40
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Differences between the two Inhertied Paralytic Channelopathies?

Neurology (Pharm/Path/Micro) (15 decks)

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