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38 Cards in this Set
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rapid increase in head size
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hydrocephalus in an infant
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area of the infant skull that bulges out in hydrocephalus
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fontanel
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posterior fossa malformations cause what type of hydrocephalus
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non-communicating
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types of posterior fossa malformations that cause non-communicating hydrocephalus
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dandy-walker
chiari |
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brain malformation that causes a slit like 4th ventricle
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chiari II (non-communicating hydrocephalus)
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brain malformation that creates a dilated cyst in the back of the skull
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dandy-walker
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tx of hydrocephalus
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V/P shunt (not curative)
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what is affected more in hydrocephalus, motor or intellect
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motor
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schizencephaly causes what type of disorder
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microencephaly
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tx of multiple suture craniosynostosis
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surgery
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complication of multiple suture craniosynostosis
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increased ICP
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abnormal head shape due to repetitive placement in the same position
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positional plagiocephaly (benign)
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most common congenital anomaly of nervous system
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neural tube defects
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deficiency that causes neural tube defects
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B9 (folate)
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neural tube defect that is often asymptomatic
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spina bifida occulta
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neural tube defect
gait abnormalities loss of bladder control |
meningocele
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neural tube defect
loss of bladder control no motor involvement |
low sacral region myelomeningocele
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neural tube defect assx with chiari II malformation and hydrocephalus
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high lesion myelomeningocele
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neural tube defect
flaccid paralysis of legs club feet |
high lesion myelomeningocele
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bilateral spasticity of the legs greater than the arms
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spastic diplegia
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infant w/ scissor legs
commando crawl |
spastic diplegia
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most severe form of CP
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spastic quadriplegia
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CP with seizures
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spastic quadriplegia
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seizures
MR swallowing dysfunction |
spastic quadriplegia
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CP where arm is more affected than the leg
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spastic hemiplegia
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CP with circumductive gait
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spastic hemiplegia
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early handedness before age 3
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spastic hemiplegia
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unilateral ankle clonus and babinski
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spastic hemiplegia
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CP caused by a focal cerebral infarction in utero
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spastic hemiplegia
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MRI shows atrophic cerebral hemisphere on contralateral side of affected area
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spastic hemiplegia
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floppy baby with head lag
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extrapyramidal CP
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CP caused by perinatal asphyxia
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extrapyramidal
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CP caused by kernicterus
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extrapyramidal
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CP with (-) UMN signs
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extrapyramidal
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location of lesion in extrapyramidal CP assx with asphyxia
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posterior putamen and ventrolateral thalamus
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location of lesion in extrapyramidal CP assx with kernicterus
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globus pallidus
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infant with long, difficult labor
head lag drooling |
extrapyramidal CP
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CP with multiple cysts on MRI
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spastic quadriplegia
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