Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: Lesions of the _____ cerebellar vermis usually result from medulloblastomas or ependymomas and present with truncal ataxia

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 52: _____ seizures are characterized by sudden loss of muscle tone, thus known as 'drop' seizures

Answer: Atonic

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: _____ 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 56: _____ (TAN) is an axonal condition associated with excessive cassava consumption

Answer: Tropical Ataxic Neuropathy

Extra: TAN presents with sensory ataxia, optic atrophy, and deafness. It is linked to chronic cyanide exposure from cassava consumption. Pathologically, it is characterized by distal axonal degeneration.

Flashcard 57: CSF analysis in _____ syndrome will reveal albuminocytologic dissociation

Answer: Guillain-Barre

Flashcard 58: Distal tibial nerve lesions present with:- sensory loss over the _____ of the foot- weakness of intrinsic muscles of the foot

Answer: sole

Flashcard 59: Takayasu arteritis may present with _____ and neurologic symptoms

Answer: visual

Flashcard 60: _____ breathing is also known as ataxic breathing

Answer: Biot's