randoms part 4 Flashcards
where does copper deposit in wilsons disease?
liver (also has mallory hyaline)
basal ganglia
cornea
pure motor hemiparesis stroke?
lacunar infarction - posterior limb
pure sensory stroke?
thalamus - VPL
ataxic hemiparesis stroke?
-lower extremities
lacurnar - anterior limb of internal capsule
dysarthia, clumsy hand syndrome stroke
lacurnar stroke - basis pontis
what are trihexyphenidyl and benzotropine?
anticholinergics used for parkinsons
anticholinergic quote
red as a beet, dry as a bone, hot as a hare, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, full as a flask
-dry, urinary retension, constipation etc.
cavernous sinus thrombosis
- bilateral periorbital edema, headache
- CN III, IV,V-1 V-2, VI
pronator drift signifies
UMN lesion
what is selegiline?
MAOB inhibitor
side effects are insomnia and confusion
what is entacopone tolcapone?
COMT inhibitor
Name some DA agonists?
bromocriptine, pramipexole, ropinirole, apomorphine
what is the bradykinesia of parkinsons
difficulty initiating movement, soft speech, festinating gait, small hand writing, decreased facial expression
what is cushing reflex?
HTN, bradycardia, decreased RR
BPPV
- crystalline deposits in the semicircular canals that disrupt the normal flow of fluid in the vestibular system
- recurrent brief episodes brought on by predictable head movements or position change.
- dix-hall-pike maneuver will cause nystagmus
menieres
recurrent episodes of vertigo, preceeded by ear fullness and pain, unilateral hearing loss and tinnutus (rining)
ACA vs MCA stroke
ACA - leg more than arm weakness
MCA - arm, face, aphasia of dominant hemisphere
you had a stroke, now what med gets added
statin
carotid stenosis
70% endarterectomy
100% why bother
migraine ppx
propanolol or valproic acid
cluster ppx
verapamil, prednisone, valproate, ergotamine
aboritive therapy for a migraine?
triptan or ergotamine
tuberous sclerosis
sz, progressive psychomotor retatrdation, slowly progressive mental deterioration.
- adenoma sebaceum, shagreen pathces, ash leaf (hypopigmented spots)
- retinal lesions
- cardiac rhabdomyomas
neurofibromatosis
- neurofibromas
- 8th cranial nerve tumors
- cafe au lait
- meningioma and glioma
sturge-weber syndrome
port-wine stain
sz
homonymous hemianopsia, hemiparesis, mental subnormality.
treat essential tremor with
propanolol