Pathology Flashcards
Most common cause of cerebelovestibular angle tumor #
VESTIBULAR SHWANOMA #unilateral hearing loss, numbness facial
Agraphia
Acalculia
FINGER AGNOSIA
Left-right desorientation
GERTSMANN SYNDROME
Dominant parietal cortex
Charcot-Bouchard microaneurysm
- RF
- Loc
RF: Chronic HYPERTENSION
Loc: Lenticulostriate arteries in Basal Ganglia, Thalamus
Saccular (berry) Aneurysm
- RF
- common complication
RF: ADPKD, Ehlers-Danlos
+ common complication: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Saccular Aneurysm (pathology, clinic)
A Com
MCA
P Com
A Com:
compression: optic chiasm -BIlATERAL HEMIANOPSIA
rupture: ischemia ACA - contralat LOWER EXTREMITIES hemiparesis and sensory
MCA:
rupture: contralateral UPPER extremities and lower facial
P Com:
compression: CN III: mydriasis, ptosis and DOWN AND OUT eye
Spinocerebellar degeneration- Ataxic GAAit
Dorsal column degeneration (No position and vibration)
Kyphoscholiosis and Pes cavus
HYPERTROFIC CARIOPATHY (death)
Fredrich Ataxia
Decrease levels of Ach (decrease in choline acetyltransferase) at hippocampus and N. basalis Meynert
Alzheimer Disease
Gait difficulties
Cognitive disorder
Urinary incontinence
NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS
Ataxic gait
Demyelination of Corticospinal tract
And Dorsal columns
(Macrocytic anemia)
Vit B12 Deficiency
Subacute Combined Degeneration
Antibodies against presynaptic voltage-gated Ca+ channels
Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
Brain Tumor
Biphasic
Hypercellularity with hypercellularity
S-100 +
Schwannoma
Brain tumor Pseudopalisading necrosis Cross the midline "butterfly distribution" Necrosis and Vascular proliferation Highly malignant
GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME
Brain Tumor
Arachnoid origin
Whorled Pattern of growth
Psamomma bodies
MENINGIOMA
Personality changes, disinhibition, and irritability
Region of the brain..
Orbitofrontal Coterx (OFC)