Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: _____ tend to be mild in Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer: sensory symptoms

Flashcard 22: Horner's Syndrome in Lateral Medullary (Wallenburgs) presents with ipsilateral, _____

Answer: ptosis, miosis, anhydrosis

Flashcard 23: _____ should be used for localised neuropathic pain e.g. post-herpetic neuralgia

Answer: Topical Capsacin

Flashcard 24: Sodium valproate is a P450 _____

Answer: Inhibitor

Flashcard 25: _____ is a symptom of PCA stroke where there is the impairment of in recongition of visually presented objects

Answer: Visual Agnosia

Flashcard 26: Causes of Neuropathic Pain include:\n- _____\n- _____\n- _____\n- _____

Answer: Diabetic neuropathy

Extra: Neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. It is often described as burning, shooting, or electric-shock-like.

Flashcard 27: Carotid endarterectomy is performed on the _____ side to the symptoms.

Answer: ipsilateral

Extra: Carotid symptoms (like amaurosis fugax or hemiparesis) are caused by emboli or hypoperfusion from the ipsilateral carotid artery. Therefore, surgery (CEA) or stenting is performed on the side corresponding to the symptoms. Revascularization for asymptomatic disease is also performed on the side with significant stenosis.

Flashcard 28: Neuropathic pain arises following _____

Answer: damage or disruption of the nervous system

Flashcard 29: A Extradural Haematoma appears as a _____ hyperdense collection on imaging

Answer: biconvex (or lentiform)

Flashcard 30: The characteristic features of Guillian-Bare syndrome is _____

Answer: progressive, ascending ,symmetrical weakness of all the limbs