Pathology Flashcards

1
Q
Most common cause of cerebelovestibular angle tumor
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A
VESTIBULAR SHWANOMA 
#unilateral hearing loss, numbness facial
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Agraphia
Acalculia
FINGER AGNOSIA
Left-right desorientation

A

GERTSMANN SYNDROME

Dominant parietal cortex

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3
Q

Charcot-Bouchard microaneurysm

  • RF
  • Loc
A

RF: Chronic HYPERTENSION

Loc: Lenticulostriate arteries in Basal Ganglia, Thalamus

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4
Q

Saccular (berry) Aneurysm

  • RF
    • common complication
A

RF: ADPKD, Ehlers-Danlos

+ common complication: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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5
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Saccular Aneurysm (pathology, clinic)
A Com
MCA
P Com

A

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

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6
Q

Spinocerebellar degeneration- Ataxic GAAit
Dorsal column degeneration (No position and vibration)
Kyphoscholiosis and Pes cavus
HYPERTROFIC CARIOPATHY (death)

A

Fredrich Ataxia

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7
Q

Decrease levels of Ach (decrease in choline acetyltransferase) at hippocampus and N. basalis Meynert

A

Alzheimer Disease

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8
Q

Gait difficulties
Cognitive disorder
Urinary incontinence

A

NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS

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9
Q

Ataxic gait
Demyelination of Corticospinal tract
And Dorsal columns

(Macrocytic anemia)

A

Vit B12 Deficiency

Subacute Combined Degeneration

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10
Q

Antibodies against presynaptic voltage-gated Ca+ channels

A

Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

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11
Q

Brain Tumor
Biphasic
Hypercellularity with hypercellularity
S-100 +

A

Schwannoma

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12
Q
Brain tumor
Pseudopalisading necrosis
Cross the midline "butterfly distribution"
Necrosis and Vascular proliferation
Highly malignant
A

GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME

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13
Q

Brain Tumor
Arachnoid origin
Whorled Pattern of growth
Psamomma bodies

A

MENINGIOMA

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14
Q

Personality changes, disinhibition, and irritability

Region of the brain..

A

Orbitofrontal Coterx (OFC)

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