CNS Infections — Flashcards

CNS Infections — Flashcards

CNS Infections — Flashcards
#1

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

#2

What is the hallmark of idiopathic intracranial hypertension?_____

#3

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

#4

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

#5

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

#6

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

#7

_____ is associated with temporal lobe encephalitis

Hint: what virus

#8

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

#9

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

Hint: inherited condition

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#10

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

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