Neurology — Flashcards

Congenital hydrocephalus often presents initially with macrocephaly, muscle _____tonicity and hyperreflexia, and a bulging fontanelle

Erb palsy is commonly caused by:- _____ on neck during delivery (in infants) - trauma (in adults).

The late phase of kernicterus includes movement disorders (choreoathetosis, ballismus, tremor), defective _____ gaze, and sensorineural hearing loss.

Klumpke palsy is commonly caused by _____ on the arm during breech delivery (in infants) or trauma, such as grabbing a tree branch while falling (in adults).

Hypomelanosis of Ito is associated with _____ and mental retardation.

_____ syndrome often presents with verbal regression, intellectual disability, ataxia, and stereotyped hand-wringing

Friedreich ataxia presents in _____ (age group) with kyphoscoliosis

The triad of _____, arrest of psychomotor development, and hypsarrhythmia is known as West syndrome

_____ due to fever in tonsillitis, is an indication for tonsillectomy.

_____cephaly is a feature of cerebral palsy because of insult to the developing brain.