Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Optic nerve glioma (15–40%), a pilocytic astrocytoma, is commonly seen in _____

Answer: neurofibromatosis type 1

Flashcard 2: _____ nerve marked as "D" is involved in Frey's syndrome

Answer: Auriculotemporal

Flashcard 3: What disease is associated with this spinal cord lesion? _____

Answer: Subacute combined degeneraton (B12 deficiency)

Flashcard 4: What disease is associated with this spinal cord lesion? _____

Answer: Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)

Flashcard 5: _____ is most affected in neurolathyrism

Answer: knee joint

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Flashcard 6: jerky steps are seen in _____ stage of neurolathyrism

Answer: no stick

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Flashcard 7: Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results in _____ of the contra-lateral eye

Answer: nystagmus

Flashcard 8: Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with - _____ (due to edema)- rheumatoid arthritis- hypothyroidism- diabetes mellitus- acromegaly- dialysis-related amyloidosis. It may also be associated with repetitive use

Answer: pregnancy

Flashcard 9: One complication of vitamin _____ deficiency is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Answer: B1

Flashcard 10: _____ beriberi is characterized by polyneuritis and symmetrical muscle wasting

Answer: Dry

Flashcard 11: Reversible dementia may occur with deficiencies in vitamins _____, B3, and B12

Answer: B1

Flashcard 12: _____ and Breast cancers can produce anti-Yo antibodies which can cause Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration

Answer: Gynecological

Flashcard 13: In Acoustic neuroma, there is increased _____ latency of wave I-V and increased inter-aural latency of wave V > 0.2ms

Answer: inter-peak

Flashcard 14: Internuclear ophthalmoplegia occurs due to lesion in the _____ of the opposite side of the aBducting eye

Answer: MLF

Flashcard 15: _____ syndrome is characterized by cortical blindness with confabulation

Answer: Anton

Flashcard 16: Tabes dorsalis patients present with the "three P's": _____, pain, and polyuria (incontinence)

Answer: paresthesias

Flashcard 17: The symptoms of _____ may be remembered with the mnemonic 'CTG': C: Cataracts T: Toupee (early balding in men) G: Gonadal atrophy Other symptoms include myotonia, muscle wasting, and arrhythmias

Answer: myotonic dystrophy

Flashcard 18: Myasthenia gravis classically involves the eyes, leading to _____ and diplopia

Answer: ptosis

Flashcard 19: Clinically _____ rigidity is seen in conditions such as uncal herniation

Answer: decerebrate

Flashcard 20: _____ syndrome results from basilar artery stroke

Answer: Millard Gubler

Flashcard 21: Features of Millard Gubler Syndrome: 6th nerve: _____, ipsilateral convergent squint7th nerve:  Loss of corneal reflex, ipsilateral paralysis of facial musclesCorticospinal tract: Contralateral hemiplegia of extremities (due to involvement of pyramidal tract).

Answer: Diplopia

Flashcard 22: _____ strokes most commonly involve the lenticulostriate vessels, resulting in small cystic areas of infarction

Answer: Lacunar

Flashcard 23: Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results in inability to _____ the ipsi-lateral eye

Answer: adduct

Flashcard 24: One complication of synkinesis (abnormal nerve regeneration) after facial nerve palsy recovery is Crocodile tear syndrome that occurs during eating, due to a rewiring from the _____ gland to tear glands

Answer: salivary

Flashcard 25: A putamen hemorrhage (ex. rupture of charcot-bouchard microaneurysm on vessels supplying putamen) manifests with:_____ hemiparesis - damage to Internal Capsule / genucontralateral hemisensory loss - damage to thalamusgaze deviation towards side of bleed - damage to frontal eye fields

Answer: contralateral

Flashcard 26: Strokes involving the _____ cerebral artery may cause paralysis and sensory loss of the contra-lateral lower limb

Answer: anterior

Flashcard 27: If a stroke is suspected, _____ is used to exclude hemorrhage before tPA can be given

Answer: noncontrast CT

Flashcard 28: _____ strokes often occur secondary to hyaline arteriolosclerosis, a complication of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and smoking

Answer: Lacunar

Flashcard 29: _____ hemorrhage is characterized by a yellow (xanthochromic) spinal tap

Answer: Subarachnoid

Flashcard 30: _____ (dementia or delirium) is associated with a normal pattern on EEG

Answer: Dementia

Flashcard 31: Subacute combined degeneration in vitamin B12 deficiency affects the _____, corticospinal tracts, and spinocerebellar tracts

Answer: dorsal columns

Flashcard 32: _____ is a curved bacteria that can precede Guillain-Barre syndrome, characterized by a(n) ascending paralysis

Answer: Campylobacter jejuni

Flashcard 33: _____ syphilis can result in Tabes Dorsalis, or demyelination of the dorsal column and roots

Answer: Tertiary

Flashcard 34: _____, a small-vessel vasculitis, commonly presents with asymmetric multifocal neuropathy, typically manifesting with wrist drop and foot drop

Answer: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)

Flashcard 35: _____ disease is a degenerative disease of the frontal and temporal cortex

Answer: Pick

Flashcard 36: Cogan's syndrome consists of triad of _____ + deafness + vertigo

Answer: Interstitial keratitis

Flashcard 37: Rapid correction of _____-natremia results in cerebral edema/herniation

Answer: hyper

Flashcard 38: Clawing of the hand is best seen with _____ lesions of the median or ulnar nerves.

Answer: distal

Flashcard 39: _____ lung carcinoma may produce antibodies against presynaptic Ca2+ channels, causing Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

Answer: Small (oat) cell

Flashcard 40: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is characterized by a triad of _____, ataxia, and confusion

Answer: ophthalmoplegia

Flashcard 41: Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)/Neurodegeneration with brain _____ accumulation (NBIA) is also called as Hallervorden-Spatz disease

Answer: iron

Flashcard 42: _____ is seizure activity for > 5 mins (continuous or intermittent) without fully regaining consciousness between episodes, resulting in brain injury and possibly death

Answer: Status epilepticus

Flashcard 43: Bilateral lesions of the amygdala (and thus _____ syndrome) are associated with HSV-1 encephalitis

Answer: Kluver-Bucy

Flashcard 44: _____ deficiency leads to Segawa syndrome which is also known as Dopamine-responsive dystonia (DRD)

Answer: Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)

Flashcard 45: _____ of the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway results in increased extrapyramidal symptoms

Answer: Blockage

Flashcard 46: Internal carotid dissection can present with a tertiary _____, as well as profound neurologic deficits due to infarction of the cerebral hemisphere

Answer: horner syndrome

Flashcard 47: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis can be seen after infection by _____ / measles, or the rabies / small pox vaccines

Answer: chickenpox

Flashcard 48: Lesions of the _____ cerebellar vermis usually result from medulloblastomas or ependymomas and present with truncal ataxia

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 49: _____ is due to slowly progressing, persistent infection of the brain by measles virus

Answer: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Flashcard 50: _____ seizures are characterized by sudden loss of muscle tone, thus known as 'drop' seizures

Answer: Atonic

Flashcard 51: What movement disorders (2) are associated with Huntington disease? _____ and Athetosis

Answer: Chorea

Flashcard 52: Hemispatial neglect syndrome is caused by lesion to the _____ parietal cortex

Answer: non-dominant

Flashcard 53: _____ motoneuron lesions may cause spastic paralysis

Answer: Upper

Flashcard 54: Vitamin _____ deficiency may result in spastic paresis due to damage to the lateral corticospinal tract of the spinal cord

Answer: B12

Flashcard 55: Takayasu arteritis may present with _____ and neurologic symptoms

Answer: visual

Flashcard 56: CSF analysis in _____ syndrome will reveal albuminocytologic dissociation

Answer: Guillain-Barre

Flashcard 57: _____ is a feature of the lateral medullary syndrome due to the involvement of nucleus ambiguus.

Answer: Dysphagia

Flashcard 58: What opening pressure (lumbar puncture) is associated with viral meningitis? _____ or increased pressure

Answer: Normal

Flashcard 59: _____ syndrome results in symmetric ascending muscle weakness/paralysis (ascending or descending)

Answer: Guillain-Barre

Flashcard 60: Distal tibial nerve lesions present with:- sensory loss over the _____ of the foot- weakness of intrinsic muscles of the foot

Answer: sole

Flashcard 61: _____ breathing is also known as ataxic breathing

Answer: Biot's

Flashcard 62: _____ (TAN) is a demyelinating condition associated with excessive cassava consumption

Answer: Tropical ataxic Neuropathy

Flashcard 63: _____ syndrome also known as 'dementia pugilistica', is a cumulative process and many episodes of minor head injury add up to produce the typical lesions.

Answer: Punch-drunk

Flashcard 64: The hallmark of _____ dysfunction is intention tremor without paralysis or paresis

Answer: cerebellar

Flashcard 65: _____ bladder results from lesions at the level of the sacral spinal cord

Answer: Atonic

Flashcard 66: _____ disease is characterized by periodic sharp wave complexes on EEG

Answer: Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Flashcard 67: The oculocephalic reflex or doll's eye reflex is used to assess the integrity of the cranial nerves III, _____, and VIII.

Answer: VI

Flashcard 68: Mitochondrial myopathies often present with myopathy, _____, and CNS disease

Answer: lactic acidosis

Flashcard 69: Neurofibromatosis type _____ is also known as von Recklinghausen disease

Answer: I

Flashcard 70: Tabes Dorsalis is characterized by loss of _____, with a "high-stepping" gait and foot-slapping

Answer: proprioception

Flashcard 71: Bleeding in a _____ haemorrhage may come from a ruptured aneurysm, cortical arteries or bridging veins.

Answer: subarachnoid

Flashcard 72: _____ lung disease may be caused by poor muscular effort, such as polio, myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer: Restrictive

Flashcard 73: _____ partial seizures are characterized by impaired consciousness (intact or impaired)

Answer: Complex

Flashcard 74: _____ hydrocephalus often presents with a characteristic magnetic gait

Answer: Normal pressure

Flashcard 75: Lesions of the _____ cerebellar vermis are usually the result of degeneration from alcohol abuse and present with gait ataxia

Answer: anterior

Flashcard 76: _____ seizures are characterized by 3 Hz spike-and-wave discharges on EEG

Answer: Absence

Flashcard 77: _____ syndrome is caused by:- occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery - most commonly due to traumatic vascular dissection / occlusion of the distal vertebral artery

Answer: Lateral medullary (Wallenberg)

Flashcard 78: As opposed to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Guillain Barre develops over the course of _____ to weeks once symptoms begin

Answer: days

Flashcard 79: Therapeutic _____-ventilation may be used to treat acute cerebral edema unresponsive to other interventions

Answer: hyper

Flashcard 80: _____ aneurysms located in the lenticulostriate vessels of the basal ganglia are commonly associated with hypertension

Answer: Charcot-Bouchard

Flashcard 81: Strokes involving the lenticulostriate artery may cause paralysis and sensory loss of the _____-lateral upper limb and face

Answer: contra

Flashcard 82: Brown-Sequard syndrome presents with _____-lateral upper motoneuron signs below the level of the lesion (due to corticospinal tract damage)

Answer: ipsi

Flashcard 83: _____ syndrome seen in excess chronic alcohol consumption is caused by a widespread demyelination of the corpus callosum, optic tracts and cerebellar peduncles.

Answer: Marchiafava-Bignami

Flashcard 84: Paramedian thalamic syndrome is a _____ circulation infarction that occurs due to the involvement of artery of percheron

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 85: Cluster headaches generally last from _____ to 3 hours

Answer: 15 minutes

Flashcard 86: _____ is neurocutaneous disorder associated with bilateral acoustic schwannomas (ear findings)

Answer: Neurofibromatosis II

Flashcard 87: _____ tremors are tremors which disappear on movement and are due to involvement of the substantia nigra and red nucleus

Answer: Resting

Flashcard 88: The wrist will deviate _____ upon flexion in a proximal ulnar nerve lesion.

Answer: radially

Flashcard 89: MERRF is a mitochondrial disorder that presents with _____ seizures and myopathy associated with exercise

Answer: myoclonic

Flashcard 90: Patients with diabetic neuropathy present with a slowly progressive decrease in vibratory sensation, _____, and temperature sensation

Answer: proprioception

Flashcard 91: Strokes involving the middle cerebral artery may cause paralysis and sensory loss of the _____-lateral upper limb and face

Answer: contra

Flashcard 92: Wernicke encephalopathy is characterized by a triad of _____, ophthalmoplegia, and ataxia

Answer: confusion

Flashcard 93: _____ tremors are tremors seen only on activity and occur due to involvement of the cerebellum

Answer: Intentional

Flashcard 94: _____ disease often presents with neuropsychiatric manifestations, due to copper deposition and resultant cystic degeneration in the putamen and other adjacent structures

Answer: Wilson

Flashcard 95: Autonomics _____ is an autoimmune disease due to production of antibodies against post-synaptic nicotinic ACh receptors at motor end plates

Answer: Myasthenia gravis

Flashcard 96: Patients with Refsum disease can present with neurological symptoms; such as issues with _____, additionally patients nearly universally report a profound loss of smell (anosmia)

Answer: balance (ataxia)

Flashcard 97: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a group of nerve disorders caused by defective production of proteins involved in the structure and function of _____ or myelin sheath

Answer: peripheral nerves

Flashcard 98: _____ is a spinal cord lesion most commonly seen with vitamin B12 deficiency

Answer: Subacute combined degeneration

Flashcard 99: _____ disease leads to loss of dreams following occipitotemporal lobe damage

Answer: Charcot Willbrand

Flashcard 100: _____ bladder is seen below S2 level of injury

Answer: Autonomic

Flashcard 101: Hemiballismus results from a lesion to the _____-lateral subthalamic nucleus (e.g. lacunar stroke)

Answer: contra

Flashcard 102: Systemic amyloidosis can result in a peripheral _____ and carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer: neuropathy

Flashcard 103: In addition to respiratory support, Guillain-Barre syndrome may be treated with _____ and IV immunoglobulins

Answer: plasmapheresis

Flashcard 104: First symptom of Moyamoya disease is a _____ or recurrent TIA

Answer: stroke

Flashcard 105: Cavernous sinus syndrome may present with decreased _____ and/or maxillary sensation

Answer: corneal

Flashcard 106: Symptoms of Huntington disease typically manifest between ages _____ and 50

Answer: 20

Flashcard 107: Multiple sclerosis is associated with a sensation of an _____ running down the spine upon neck flexion (Lhermitte phenomenon)

Answer: electric shock

Flashcard 108: _____ is associated with temporal lobe encephalitis

Answer: HSV-1

Flashcard 109: Hypertensive encephalopathy is characterized by a _____ headache and nausea / vomiting followed by nonlocalizing neurologic symptoms

Answer: progressive

Flashcard 110: Vitamin B12 deficiency presents with _____ and subacute combined degeneration (neurologic symptoms)

Answer: paresthesias

Flashcard 111: _____ is a spinal cord lesion that arises with trauma and tumors or in association with Chiari I malformation

Answer: Syringomyelia

Flashcard 112: What type of stroke (hemorrhagic, ischemic) may be treated with thrombolytics, and in what time frame? _____ (if within 3 - 4.5 hours)

Answer: Ischemic

Flashcard 113: Familial cases of _____ may be associated with zinc-copper superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) mutations, which leads to free radical injury in neurons

Answer: ALS

Flashcard 114: _____ movements include Ocular flutter, Ocular bobbing, Opsoclonus and Superior oblique myokymia

Answer: Nystagmoid

Flashcard 115: What is the demographic affected by Moyamoya disease?_____

Answer: Bimodal distribution (1st and 4th decades)

Flashcard 116: The earliest cranial nerve to be involved in acoustic neuroma is _____

Answer: 8th>5th

Flashcard 117: What is the single most sensitive test for Myasthenia Gravis?_____

Answer: Single fibre Electromyography

Flashcard 118: What is the most specific test for Myasthenia Gravis?_____

Answer: AChR antibodies

Flashcard 119: _____ (inferior medial pontine) syndrome is most frequently caused by vascular disease or tumors involving the dorsal pons

Answer: Foville

Flashcard 120: Patients with Myasthenia will have _____ insufficiency and ptosis early in the disease

Answer: convergence

Flashcard 121: Painful Horner syndrome, especially of acute onset, should raise the possibility of _____.

Answer: carotid dissection

Flashcard 122: ALS may present with _____ demetia when cerebral cortex is involved

Answer: frontotemporal

Flashcard 123: Dementia with gait disturbances and rigidity would point you to the diagnosis of _____

Answer: dementia with lewy bodies

Flashcard 124: Earliest investigation for evaluation of nerve injuries is _____

Answer: electromyograph

Flashcard 125: In which type of headaches do patients tend to move a lot (even becoming aggressive)?_____

Answer: Cluster headaches

Flashcard 126: What is the most common form of hereditary neuropathy?_____

Answer: Charcot Marie Tooth disease type 1

Flashcard 127: Most common cause of hemifacial spasm is a _____abutting the facial nerve at the cerebellopontine angle

Answer: vascular loop 

Flashcard 128: Lithium toxicity, Arnold Chiari malformations, and cerebellar atrophy, are causes of _____beat nystagmus

Answer: down

Flashcard 129: Vogt Koyanagi Harada syndrome is associated with neurological manifestations such as:_____

Answer: Meningism, Encephalopathy, Tinnitus, vertigo, and deafness (3)

Flashcard 130: Which form of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia is triggered by alcohol?_____

Answer: Cluster headache

Flashcard 131: What should be excluded in all cases of parosmia?_____

Answer: Intracranial tumor

Flashcard 132: Arnold Chiari malformation and demyelination syndromes present as _____ nystagmus

Answer: Periodic alternating

Flashcard 133: Diplopia in myasthenia gravis is frequently _____

Answer: vertical

Flashcard 134: Kurtzke's early disablity status score is used for grading _____

Answer: multiple sclerosis

Flashcard 135: Diabetic gastroparesis occurs due to the involvement of _____

Answer: vagus nerve

Flashcard 136: Bilateral or early onset trigeminal neuralgia is associated with _____

Answer: multiple sclerosis

Flashcard 137: Patients with MSA-P have predominant _____ features in association with the other features of cerebellar dysfunction

Answer: parkinsonian

Flashcard 138: What is the hallmark of idiopathic intracranial hypertension?_____

Answer: elevated CSF opening pressure on lumbar puncture

Flashcard 139: _____ delirium is commonly associated with hepatic and renal encephalopathies.

Answer: Hypoactive

Flashcard 140: _____ cerebral palsy is associated with ataxia

Answer: Extrapyramidal

Flashcard 141: Confirmation of Segawa syndrome is by _____ assay for BH4 and Neopterin,which are significantly low

Answer: CSF

Flashcard 142: Patients with oligodendroglioma commonly present with several years of antecedent neurologic complaints, often including _____.

Answer: seizures

Flashcard 143: Edema in mastoid region is seen in _____, which is a cause of acute inflammatory proptosis

Answer: cavernous sinus thrombosis

Flashcard 144: The definitive diagnosis of ALS requires the demonstration of upper and lower motor neurone degeneration in at least _____ areas

Answer: three

Flashcard 145: Treatment of choice in Wilson's disease with neuropsychiatric manifestation is _____

Answer: Tetrathiomolybdate and Zinc

Flashcard 146: What is the most common inflammatory myopathy in patients >65 years?_____

Answer: Inclusion body myositis

Flashcard 147: How long does it take for neuropraxia to recover?_____

Answer: 3-6 weeks

Flashcard 148: If symptoms of Myasthenia gravis remain restricted to EOMs for >_____ years, then the patient's are said to have ocular MG

Answer: 3

Flashcard 149: The tremor associated with Wilson's disease is called a _____ tremor in which the arms beat in a wide violent arc

Answer: wing beating

Flashcard 150: Parinaud's syndrome presents with _____gaze palsy

Answer: Up

Flashcard 151: What is the EEG finding seen in frontal lobe epilepsy where patients usually have nighttimebicycling movements and seizures in sleep?_____

Answer: Bifrontal spikes

Flashcard 152: What does CADASIL stand for?_____

Answer: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy

Flashcard 153: Antibodies to _____ are seen in inclusion body myositis

Answer: cN1A

Flashcard 154: Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy is associated with benign generalized myoclonic seizures with a _____ prognosis

Answer: good

Flashcard 155: Which disease has inclusions of androgen receptor?_____

Answer: Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy

Flashcard 156: Atypical absence seizure is typically precipitated by _____

Answer: drowsiness

Flashcard 157: Which focal motor seizure is often refractory to medical rx?_____

Answer: Epilepsia partialis continua

Flashcard 158: All suspected patients of CNS infections with Whipple's disease should routinely undergo a _____ examination by PCR for T. whipplei

Answer: CSF

Flashcard 159: Which inflammatory myopathy has a familial association?_____

Answer: Inclusion body myositis

Flashcard 160: What is the characteristic speech pattern of Multiple system atrophy-C?_____

Answer: Scanning dysarthria

Flashcard 161: Post focal seizure, a patient may develop _____ograde amnesia

Answer: anter

Flashcard 162: _____ bladder is a common finding in multiple sclerosis

Answer: Neurogenic

Flashcard 163: Anton syndrome occurs due to _____ lobe damage

Answer: occipital

Flashcard 164: _____ headaches may be associated with headache free intervals for as long as 1-2 years

Answer: Cluster

Flashcard 165: In INO convergence will be _____

Answer: preserved

Flashcard 166: What is the most common neurological manifestation of Wilson's disease?_____

Answer: Dystonic form

Flashcard 167: The clinical symptoms of Segawa syndrome worsen with _____

Answer: exertion

Flashcard 168: Which gender is more commonly affected in SUNCT/SUNA?_____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 169: _____ test in Myasthenia is used to evaluate levator function by lid excursion

Answer: Burke's

Flashcard 170: _____ constitutes 80% of all cerebellopontine angle tumors and 10% of all the brain tumors.

Answer: Acoustic neuroma

Flashcard 171: Opthalmoplegic migraine means headache associated with _____ palsy.

Answer: third, fourth, and sixth nerve

Flashcard 172: Which form of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia lasts for 2-30 mins?_____

Answer: Paroxysmal hemicrania

Flashcard 173: What is the EEG finding seen in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?_____

Answer: 4-6 Hz polyspike and slow-wave pattern

Flashcard 174: Which form of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia is triggered by touch?_____

Answer: SUNCT/SUNA

Flashcard 175: In INO, nystagmus will be seen in the _____ side eye as the lesion

Answer: opposite

Flashcard 176: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (cognitive decline, restlessness, agitation, visual hallucinations) along with weight gain despite of loss of appetite points to the diagnosis of _____

Answer: hashimoto's encephalopathy

Flashcard 177: Episodic transient obscuration of vision on exertion and on exposure to heat, which recovers on resting or moving away from the heat in an isolated optic neuritis patient is called _____ phenomenon.

Answer: Uhthoff

Flashcard 178: What is the prominent bulbar symptom of Multiple system atrophy-C?_____

Answer: Dysphagia

Flashcard 179: In a postganglionic Horner's syndrome, cocaine instillation _____ lead to dilation of the affected pupil

Answer: will not (will/will not)

Flashcard 180: Causes of bilateral Horner's syndrome include cervical spine injuries and autonomic _____ neuropathy.

Answer: diabetic

Flashcard 181: In a typical brain abscess patient, the glucose in the CSF will be _____

Answer: normal

Flashcard 182: The predominant clinical features of MSA-C are due to _____ dysfunction

Answer: cerebellar

Flashcard 183: In which type of headaches do patients tend to remain motionless?_____

Answer: Migraine

Flashcard 184: EEG shows characteristic periodic sharp wave complexes (bi/triphasic) in _____

Answer: sporadic CJD

Flashcard 185: In an automatic bladder, residual urine is _____

Answer: minimal

Flashcard 186: Reflexes are _____ in myasthenia gravis

Answer: normal

Flashcard 187: What is the characteristic manifestation in adult Moyamoya disease?_____

Answer: hemorrhagic findings

Flashcard 188: _____ nerve is the most common secondarily involved cranial nerve in acoustic neuroma

Answer: 5th

Flashcard 189: What is the typical EEG pattern associated with atypical absence seizures?_____

Answer: 1-2 Hz spike and slow wave pattern

Flashcard 190: Do the stroke-like episodes of MELAS respect vascular territories?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 191: _____ sign is a brief upshoot of the eyelid as the eyes saccade from depression to the primary position, in Myasthenia Gravis

Answer: Cogan twitch

Flashcard 192: Autonomic symptoms and ocular signs occur _____ in parkinson plus syndromes

Answer: early

Flashcard 193: _____ disease is a form of vascular dementia caused by multifocal vascular diseases like cerebral arteriosclerosis

Answer: Binswanger's

Flashcard 194: _____ is preferred in the management of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)

Answer: Ocrelizumab

Flashcard 195: The window period for thrombolysis in case of stroke is _____ hours.

Answer: 4�

Flashcard 196: Transcranial magnetic stimulation can be used for prophylaxis against _____

Answer: migraine.

Flashcard 197: There is a high risk of developing an ischemic stroke after a TIA, especially for the first _____ months following a TIA.

Answer: 3

Flashcard 198: The most common type of HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy is _____ polyneuropathy.

Answer: distal symmetric

Flashcard 199: The standard of treatment for patients of Wernicke's encephalopathy is to give _____ 100 mg intravenously _____ administering _____-containing IV fluids.

Answer: thiamine; before::before/after; glucose

Flashcard 200: _____ aphasia, which is seen with lesions in the _____.

Answer: Anomic; angular gyrus

Flashcard 201: The standard of treatment for patients of Wernicke's encephalopathy is to give _____ 100 mg intravenously _____ administering _____-containing IV fluids.

Answer: thiamine; before::before/after; glucose

Flashcard 202: _____ occurs due to damage to posterior temporal and parietal regions of _____ hemisphere.

Answer: Wernicke s aphasia (WA); dominant::dominant/non-dominant

Flashcard 203: _____ aphasia, which is seen with lesions in the _____.

Answer: Anomic; angular gyrus

Flashcard 204: Perception of pain in an area that lacks sensation is known as _____.

Answer: anesthesia dolorosa

Flashcard 205: _____ occurs due to damage to posterior temporal and parietal regions of _____ hemisphere.

Answer: Wernicke s aphasia (WA); dominant::dominant/non-dominant

Flashcard 206: _____ is a possible complication of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Answer: Hemiparesis

Flashcard 207: _______ is the drug of choice in cerebral venous thrombosis.

Answer: Heparin