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Path review Flashcards

1
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type of herniation that complesses the ant cerebral artery

A

subfalcine

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2
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type of herniation that gives blown pupil, hemiparesis, duret hemorrhages

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transtentorial

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3
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type of herniation that can damage respiration and cardiac centers of brainstem

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tonsillar

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4
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most common vascular site of embolism

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MCA distribution

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5
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most common site of clot in brain

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MCA and basilar arteries

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6
Q

red neurons occur in what time frame

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12-24 hours

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7
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gliosis occurs in what time frame

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14+ days

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8
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typical pt with AVM

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young man with seizures

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9
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artherosclerotic aneurysm usually occurs where?

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basilar aa

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10
Q

disease associated with berry aneurysms

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adult polycystic kidney disease

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11
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duret hemorrages usually occur from

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tearing of vessels during herniation

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12
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causes slit hemorrhages

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hypertension

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13
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common sites of hypertensive hemorrhages

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white matter, deep gray matter, cereballum

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14
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common cause of parenchymal hemorrage

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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15
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plaques formed of

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beta amyloid

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16
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location of plaques

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extracellular

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17
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tangles formed of

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tau

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18
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tangles located

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intracellular

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19
Q

first place in brain dementia starts to form

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entorhinal cortex

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20
Q

protein in lewy bodies

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alpha synuclein

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21
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clinical criteria for lewy body dementia

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demantia within 1 year of parkinson sx

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22
Q

ALS destroys…

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both upper and lower motor neurons

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23
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most common glaucoma

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open angle

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24
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most acutely serious glaucoma

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closed angle

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25
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glaucoma with iris stuck to cornea

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closed angle

26
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glaucoma with cup shaped optic nerve

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closed angle

27
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corneal degeneration with whote blue ring around the corneal region

A

acus senilis

28
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cause of acrus senilis

A

increased cholesterol or scarring of cornea

29
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cause of pterygium.pinuecula

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sun damage causing submucosal elevation in the cinjunctiva

30
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can cause saucer like depression of cornea

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pinguecula

31
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bad type of macular degeneration

A

wet

32
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most common type of macular degeneration

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dry

33
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congential causes of cataracts

A

CMV, rubella

34
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causes of adult cataracts

A

steroids, sun, diabetes

35
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how diabetes causes blindness

A

diabetes leads to angiogenesis, leading to microaneurysms, which are leaky, leading to macular edema, leading to vessels developng over the optic nerve

36
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common causes of retinal artery occlusion

A

Ophthalmology, thrombosis, emboli

37
Q

vein occlision can lead to

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neovascularization and closed angle glaucoma

38
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most common eye tumor

A

melanoma

39
Q

histology of eye melanoma

A

spindled and epitheloid cells

40
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adverse features of melanoma

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epitheloid histology

41
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mutation in retinoblastoma

A

RB (13q14) (needs 2 hits)

42
Q

chalazion is a chronic..

A

stye (blocked eyelid gland)

43
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type of myositis that is shows in adults

A

dermato

44
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dermatomyositis in adults could be manifestation of

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paraneoplastic syndrome

45
Q

most common inflamatory myopathy in elderly

A

inclusion body myopathy

46
Q

vaculoses in imflamatory myopathy contain

A

tau and beta

47
Q

myopathy that does NOT respond to steroids

A

inclusion body

48
Q

worse kind of MD

A

duchene’s

49
Q

pseudohypertropy of calves indicates

A

DMD

50
Q

CSF findings in MS

A

oligoclonal banding

51
Q

headache, lethargy, coma a few weeks after an infection

A

acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis

52
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caused by JC virus

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progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

53
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people who get progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy are usually

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immunocompromised

54
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signs of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

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ring enhancing lesions, viral inclusions in oligodendrocytes

55
Q

of weirnacke/korsakoff: the irreversiable serious one

A

korsakoff

56
Q

non alcoholic causes of Wernickie-korsakoff

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chronic gastritis or profound vomiting

57
Q

wernicke lesions

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mamillary bodies

58
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korsakoff lesions

A

thalmus

59
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cause of ataxia and nystagmus in alchoholics

A

cerebellar atrophy

60
Q

sx of b12 deficency

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ataxia, numbness/tingling, spastic weakness, paraplegia

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