Dementia and Cognitive Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ 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 2: _____ (dementia or delirium) is associated with a normal pattern on EEG

Answer: Dementia

Flashcard 3: What movement disorders (2) are associated with Huntington disease? _____ and Athetosis

Answer: Chorea

Flashcard 4: _____ aphasia, which is seen with lesions in the _____.

Answer: Anomic; angular gyrus

Flashcard 5: Optic nerve glioma (15–40%), a pilocytic astrocytoma, is commonly seen in _____

Answer: neurofibromatosis type 1

Flashcard 6: _____ nerve marked as "D" is involved in Frey's syndrome

Answer: Auriculotemporal

Flashcard 7: What disease is associated with this spinal cord lesion?\n_____

Answer: Subacute combined degeneration (B12 deficiency)

Flashcard 8: What disease is associated with this spinal cord lesion? _____

Answer: Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)

Flashcard 9: _____ is most affected in neurolathyrism

Answer: knee joint

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Flashcard 10: jerky steps are seen in _____ stage of neurolathyrism

Answer: no stick

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