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Brain abscesses |
Come from infections elsewhere
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*Meningitis
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**Triad: Fever, Headache, neck stiffness (nuchal rigidity)
-Viral is most common and hard to treat -Seizures (33%) -Papilledema |
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Horner's syndrome:
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-Lesion above T1
-Ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis -Cluster HA -Pancoast tumor |
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Bell's Palsy
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-Lower motor deficiet of CN7
-*Affects entire side of face (stroke only lower half, one side) -Patch for dryness -71% fully recover |
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Glioblastoma Multiforme
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*Most common PRIMARY malignant brain tumor
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Meningioma
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*most common benign brain tumor, can be malignant
-Middle aged women |
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Schwannoma
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Often affects 8th CN
(aka acoustic schwanoma) |
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Pituitary Adenoma
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**Bitemporal heminopsia VF defect
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*MS
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-Autoimmune demyelinating disease.
-2:1 female:male, 20-40yo, caucasians -Optic Neuritis (25%), weakness -Worse in bathtub -Uhthoff's phenomenom = decr VA after incr in body temp |
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Guillain-Barre syndrome
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-Demyelination of peripheral nerves
-Motor nerves worse -Aides pupil/diplopia -Elevated protein in CSF (papilledema) |
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Leukodystrophies
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Inherited childhood disease with improper formation and maintenance of myelin
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Gangliosidoses
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-Ganglion cell destruction
(Example: Tay-Sachs disease:soon after birth seizures, blindness *cherry red spot) |
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Alzheimer's disease
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-10% people over 65
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Parkinson's Disease
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-Too little dopamine; substantia nigra
-*Tremor at rest, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability "TRAP" |
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Epidural Hematoma
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-Blood between skull and dura
-Middle meningeal artery |
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Subdural hematoma
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blood between dura and arachnoid
-often no symptoms but can be altered mental state, HA |
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Danger symptoms of head trauma
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Pupillary size, nausia/vomiting, loss of consciousness
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