Proff Flashcards
Causes of PARAPLEGIA
🧠💡Mnemonic: 7 Ts💡
T-Trauma.
T-Tuberculosis (Pott’s Disease).
T-Tumour( Meningioma, neurofibroma, lymphoma, leukaemia, myeloma, glioma, Secondaries).
T-Transverse myelitis.
T-Tabes Dorsalis.
T-Twelve (Vit. B-12 Deficiency).
T-Thrombosis of Anterior Spinal Artery.
Indications of Plasma Exchange Therapy
🧠💡Guilty Man Cried At His Grave Punishment💡
- Guillian Barre syndrome
- Myeloma leading to Hyperviscosity
- C
- ANCA ➕ Vasculitis (Wegener’s granulomatosis & Churg Strauss Syndrome)
- HUS/TTP
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Good Pasteur’s disease
Ring Enhancing Lesion
🧠💡MAGICAL DR💡
• D: demyelinating disease (classically incomplete rim of enhancement)
R: radiation necrosis or resolving haematoma
• M: metastasis
• A: abscess
• G: glioblastoma
• I: infarct (subacute phase), inflammatory - neurocysticercosis (NCC), tuberculoma
C: contusion
A: AIDS
L: lymphoma (this appearance more common in immunocompromised)
Raised ICT Features
🧠💡5Ps💡
5Ps
P-persistent and projectile vomiting P-persistent headache
P-palsy (diplopia and 6th nerve palsy) P-papilledema
P-persistent disturbances
CP Angle Tumors
🧠💡A GAMES💡
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Glomus tumour
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Meningioma
- Epidermoid cyst
- Ependymoma
- Schwannoma
Acoustic Neuroma
🧠💡Schwannoma SWAN💡
- S100 ➕
- Well circumscribed
- Acoustic schwannoma
- Antoni A, Antoni B & Verocay Bodies seen
Numb Chin Syndrome
(OR)
Roger’s sign
Mental Nerve damage
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Metastatic process in Mental Foramen
⭐ Ca Breast
⭐ Ca Lung
⭐ Giant Cell Arteritis
⭐ Burkitt’s Lymphoma
⭐ Sickle Cell Disease
Numb Cheek Syndrome
DUE TO: Involvement of Infraorbital nerve
Seen in
✨ SQUAMOUS cell Ca
✨ LASIK
Trumpet Player Neuropathy
DUE TO: Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve Involvement
Tongue Numbness seen in
Giant cell arteritis
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DUE TO: Lingual Nerve Involvement
Marcus Gunn Phenomenon (OR) Jaw Winking Phenomenon seen in
Congenital Ptosis
Inverse Jaw Winking Response (OR) Marin Amat Sign (OR) Reversed Gunn Phenomenon
Synkinesis DUE TO: Aberrant Regeneration of Facial Nerve where there is Involuntary closure of one eye on mouth opening