Neurology — Flashcards

_____ beriberi is characterized by polyneuritis and symmetrical muscle wasting

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

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

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

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

_____ syndrome is characterized by cortical blindness with confabulation

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

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

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

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