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neonate female gross deformity of her lower back . Examination of subcutaneous lesion reveal disorganized neural tissue with entrapment of nerve roots. Dx? |
Meningomyelocele |
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What is the important dietary supplement that can reduce q1 incidence of neural tube defects |
folic acid |
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male neonate is noted at birth have paralysis of lower limbs. infant fails to thrive and expires. brainstem and cerebellum are examined at autopsy. (image) diagnosis? |
Arnold Chiari malformation |
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female neonate is noted to have pronounced enlargement of her head . she develops convulsions MRI reveals excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid. ventricular enlargement and atrophy of the cerebral cortex. this development birth detect was most likely caused by ? |
Atresia of the aqueduct of sylvus (Hydrocephalus) |
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which anatomic structure produced the CSF that accumulated in the brain of the neonate in Q4 |
Choroid plexus |
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3 year old girl who has been mentally retarded since birth is killed in drowning accident. The superior surface of the brain at autopsy is shown in the image. Dx of gross deformity |
Polymicrogyria |
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2 week old male neonate has frequent generalized seizures and fails to thrive. Facial dysmorphology including cleft palate and low set ears. |
Chromosomal abnormalities ( holoprosencephaly) |
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50 year old man presents with staggering gait and lightning pain in his hands and legs. His past medical history is significant for an aortic aneurysm and aortic insufficiency neurologic examination reveals impaired since of vibration as well as touch and pain in the lower extremities . the Patient subsequently dies of pneumonia. Autopsy disclose obliterative endarteritis of meningeal blood vessels and atrophy of the posterior columns of the spinal cord. Dx? |
Tabes Dorsalis (syphilis) |
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76 year old man admitted to hospital for evaluation of progressive memory loss and disorientation. the pupils are small but react normally to light. muscle tone is normal a lumbar puncture returns fleas, colorless, csf under normal pressure. an Electroencphalogram shows diffuse slowing a CT scan of the brain reveals moderate atrophy |
Alzheimer disease |
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66 Woman vocalist difficulty remembering fav song, problem cont to worsen over next several months and pt becomes increasingly withdrawn from her family. Dementia and gait disturbance . MRI d: mild cerebral atrophy. Analysis of CSF normal. Electroencephalogram periodic spike wave complexes. One month later the pt is bedridden and non responsive and subsequently dies. The patient most likely has which of the following categories of organ sp amyloidosis |
APrP |
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What key feature distinguishes normal proteins from their pathologic forms in the brain of the patient described in pt q10 |
Three dimensional conformation |
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88 woman with alzheimer deisease dies of congestive heart failure. ex of brain shows bilateral atrophy of the gyro particularly in the frontal |
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