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31 Cards in this Set
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most common primary sources of metastases to the brain...
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lung, breast, melanoma, gi
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majority of brain cancers are...?
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malignancies
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radial nerve...action? damaged?
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- extension of the wrist
- WRIST DROP if damaged - damaged via HUMERAL fracture |
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ulnar nerve...action? damaged?
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- finger abduction
- CLAW HAND if damaged - damaged via elbow dislocation |
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median nerve
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- pronation of thumb and opposition
- damaged via carpal tunnel syndrome or humeral fracture |
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paresthesias elicited via palm tapping
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tinel's sign (carpal tunnel syndrome)
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axillary nerve
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- abduction and lateral rotation of arm
- damaged w/ upper humeral dislocation or fracture |
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obese young woman with PAPILLADEMA and NEGATIVE CT/MRI scan of the head
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pseudotumor cerebri
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child/teenager who constantly clears their throat, and randoomly bursts out profanity!
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tourette's syndrome
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day time falling asleep?
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- cataplexy (daytime falling asleep)
- NARCOLEPSY |
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mcc of dementia?
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alzheimers and multi-infarcts
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facial port wine stain + seizure + mental retardation?
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sturge-weber syndrome
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EXTENSION of the BIG toe w/ striking of the bottom of the foot?
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+ babinski sign = UMN lesion
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common cause of SUBARACHNOID hemorrhage ?
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- trauma
- berry aneurysm |
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bloody tap on the LP?
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subarachnoid hemorrhage
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crescent shaped hyperdensity seen on the CT that DOES NOT cross the midline?
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subdural hematoma
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altered mental status with an INTERVENING LUCID interval?
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epidural hematoma --> mcc by damage to the MIDDLE MENINGEAL ARTERY
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acute, broken speech ?
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broca's aphasia --> damage to frontal lobe that is supplied via the MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY
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pain in neck on FLEXION and meningeal irritation?
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+ brudzinski's sign (meningitis)
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UNILATERAL PERIORBITAL headache with a "tearing" feeling?
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cluster headache
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photophobia + nausea + headache ? prevented how?
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migraine headache
- prevented w/ beta blockers / ccb's/ tca's |
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headache + bilateral hemianopsia y amenorrhea ? treated how?
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pituitary tumor --> prolactinoma
- treat with DA agonist (bromocriptine) |
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vertigo + tinnitis + hearing loss ?
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meniere's disease
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seizures in children, 2-10?
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- infection and trauma
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seizures in adults, 10-40?
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trauma or alcohol withdrawal
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atrophy of the mamillary bodies?
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WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY secondary to ALCOHOL ABUSE
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resting tremor + rigidity + lewy bodies ?
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parkinson's disease
- degenration of neurons in SN due to dopamine depletion - treat with BALSA - bromocriptine, amantadine, levadopa/carbidopa, selegiline, anticholinergic? |
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bilateral chorea (involuntary dancing movements)
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huntington's disease
- caudate degeneration (AD) expression |
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hyperphagia + hypersexuality + hyperorality + hyperdocility ?
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Kluver- bucy syndrome
- affects the amygdala |
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UMN + LMN lesions simultaneously?
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ALS
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Incrsd PROTEIN in CSF WITHOUT an increase in cell number? (albuminocytologic dissociation)
- ascending paralysis? |
Guillain-Barre
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