Peds Neuro and Development -Magoun

Question 1

How many Cafe au Laut spots larger than 1 cm are necessary for a diagnosis of Neuroribromatosis 1?

Answer 1

6

Question 2

What is the recommended Folic acid supplement for women prior to conception?

Answer 2

400 mcg/day

Question 3

What is the most common location for spin bifid a?

Answer 3

Lumbosacral

Question 4

What is the most common movement disorder in children? What type of encephalopathy is this?

Answer 4

Cerebral palsy

*static encephalopathy
non-progressive

Question 5

What is the most common neurological disorder in children?

Answer 5

Epilepsy

Question 6

What EEG finding is diagnostic for Infantile spasms?

Answer 6

Hypsarrhthmia

Question 7

What EEG criteria is diagnostic for Absence/Petit Mal Seizures?

Answer 7

generalized, symmetric 3-sec Hz and spike pattern

Question 8

How is Guillain Barre diagnosed? Treated?

Answer 8

Diagnosis: CSF studies with elevated protein and NO WBCs along with clinical presentation

Tx: Supportive care and IVIG or plasmaphoresis

Question 9

What is the mode of inheritance of Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy?

Answer 9

X-linked recessive (Xp21 gene) –> defective dystrophin

Question 10

What PE finding allows for a definitive diagnosis of Duchenne’s?

Answer 10

Gower’s sign