Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 221: Guillain-Barré syndrome typically causes _____ paraesthesia and weakness

Answer: ascending

Extra: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) characterized by symmetric ascending paralysis and hyporeflexia. Multiple sclerosis, by contrast, typically presents with CNS-related deficits like optic neuritis or internuclear ophthalmoplegia.

Flashcard 222: Intranuclear ophthalmoplegia in multiple sclerosis is typically caused by a lesion where? _____

Answer: Medial longitudinal fasiculus

Flashcard 223: Multiple sclerosis patients may experience _____: an exacerbation of neurological symptoms due to an increase in body temperature

Answer: Uhthoff's phenomenon

Flashcard 224: Chronic fatigue syndrome has a(n) _____ cause

Answer: idiopathic

Flashcard 225: CFS/ME most commonly affects _____ between 30-50 years old

Answer: females

Flashcard 226: _____ multiple sclerosis is characterised by continuous progression of symptoms from the onset of the disease

Answer: Primary-progressive

Flashcard 227: What is the management of an acute relapse of multiple sclerosis? _____

Answer: High dose PO or IV methylprednisolone

Flashcard 228: Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis uses the _____ criteria: ≥2 episodes separated in space (confirmed on MRI) and time (confirmed on MRI or CSF analysis)

Answer: McDonald

Flashcard 229: _____ is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis

Answer: Chronic fatigue syndrome

Flashcard 230: _____ sign is paraesthesia/shooting sensation down the spine upon neck flexion and is seen in demyelinating diseases

Answer: Lhermitte's