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Brain abscesses
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often spread from non-local infection
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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%) |
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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 -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
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Pituitary Adenoma
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**Bitemporal heminopsia VF defect
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MS
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-Autoimmune demylenating disease.
-2:1 female:male, 20-40yo, caucasians -Optic Neurits, weakness -Worse in bathtub |
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Guillian-Barre Syndrome
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-Demylination of peripheral nerves
-Motor nerves worse -Aides pupil/diplopia -elevated protein in CSF |
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Myasthenia Gravis
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-Blockade of neuromuscular signals caused by autoantibodies binding Ach receptors
-Ptosis, diplopia -respiratory/jaw weakness -Worse at end of day |
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Leukodystrophies
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Inherited childhood disease characterized by 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% of people over 65yo
- Uncle doug is entering moderate stage |
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Parkinson's Disease
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-Too little dopamine
-*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 -loss of consciosness, lucidity, another loss |
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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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