Flashcards in Neurological Deck (46)
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Folic acid deficiency in 1st trimester, faun's beard and lumbar dimple
spina bifida
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defective neural tube with herniation of meninges through the defect
meningocele
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herniation of meninges and defective spinal cord through the defect
meningomyelocele
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cerebellar tonsil herniation associated with syringomyelia
Arnold-Chiari malformaiton 1
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cerebellar vermis herniation associated with hydrocephalus
Arnold-Chiari malformaiton 2
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cystic dilation of 4th ventricle and non-communicating hydrocephalus
Dandy Walker syndrome
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torn meningeal artery, head trauma in young adults
epidural hematoma
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torn bridging vein, head trauma in the elderly
subdural hematoma
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ruptured berry aneurysm in 30-40 year old adults
subarachnoid hemorrhage
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ruptured or occluded cerebral artery seen in older people
cerebrovascular accident
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bacterial or viral infection of the meninges
meningitis
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prion-related disease spread by eating the brains of dead relatives
Kuru
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transplacental spread with notches incisors, blindness and deafness
congenital syphyilis
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damage due to endarteritis obliterans of arteries to CNS and CVS
tertiary syphyilis
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neurofibrillary tangles, amyloid plaques and Hirano bodies
Alzheimer's disease
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deficient dopamine, Lewy bodies, tremors at rest, festinating gait
Parkinson's
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autosomal dominant chromosome 4 defect causing chorea, dementia
Huntington's disease
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destruction of the lateral columns and ventral horns of the spinal cord
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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autoimmune destruction around the brain ventricles and spinal cord
multiple sclerosis
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damage to dorsal and lateral columns of the spinal cord, vitamin B12 def
posterolateral sclerosis
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m/c primary malignant brain tumor, worse prognosis
glioblastoma multiforme
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benign tumor arising from the arachnoid cells of the dura
meningioma
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may be part of type 2 neurofibromatosis, deafness and facial palsy
acoustic neuroma
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metastatic brain tumor sources
breast, renal, enteric, airway, skin and tumors elsewhere
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microcephaly, indistinct philtrum and maxillary hypoplasia
fetal alcohol poisoning
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anemia, basophilic stippling, constipation, difficult behavior, emesis
lead poisoning
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cherry red skin and headaches after inhalation of carbon monoxide
carbon monoxide poisoning
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mercury poisoning due to eating fish with excess mercury
minamata disease
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traction injury of C5 and C6 spinal nerve roots, waiter's tip
Erb-Duchene's palsy
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