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Pathology Flashcards

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4 types of tumors

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astrocytoma

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ependymoma

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medulloblastoma

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brown sequard syndrome

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  • hemisection of the spinal cord damaging the corticospinal tract
  • ipsilateral damage- (above- hypotonic paralysis) (below- spastic paralysis, vibration and proprioception and fine touch)
  • contralateral damage_ loss of pain and temp sensation
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Brown- Sequard Syndrome above the level of T1

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Horner’s syndrome

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subaracnoid hemorrhage

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  • worst headache of my life
  • easily identified upon brain examination as there is a big bleed at the bottom of the brain
  • occurs most frequently as a result of ruptured berry aneurysm
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berry aneurysms

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thin walled outpouchings that are most frequently present in the anterior part of the circle of willis (particularly at the branch points of the anterior communicating artery)
- can easily rupture because they lack a media layer

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talk and die syndrome associated with

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epidural hematoma

- refers to lucid interval preceding neurologic signs

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epidural hematoma

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  • bleed between dura and skull

- lens shaped on MRI can go unnoticed

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herniation in brain

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  • pushing of one part of the brain onto another part of the brain
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4 types of herniation

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1- herniation of the cerebellar tonsils
2- subfalcine herniation
3- uncal herniation
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tonsillar herniation

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herniation of the tonsils into the foramen magnum which compresses the brain stem

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subfalcine herniation

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when cingulate gyrus herniates underneath the falx cerebri

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uncal herniation

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uncal region moves to area between cerebellum and brainstem to the tentorium cerebelli

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3 complications of the uncal herniation

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3- eyes down and out due to compression of CN3

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