Neurology — Flashcards

Encephalitis often presents first with _____: fever, headache, neck stiffness, & vomiting

Essential tremors have a bimodal distribution in _____-40 year olds and >60 year olds

Which cerebral artery supplies the inferior temporal lobe? _____

Patients with encephalitis & hydrophobia, hallucinations, anxiety may suggest an underlying cause of _____

Which cerebral artery supplies most of the lateral surface of the cerebral hemisphere? _____

Strokes involving the _____ may cause contralateral sensory abnormalities because it supplies the thalamus

Hint: artery

The most common microorganisms that cause brain abscesses are _____ & Viridans streptococci

What is the differential diagnosis of ring-enhancing brain lesions on CT/MRI? _____

Brain abscesses have a _____ onset

Hint: gradual/sudden

Encephalitis then progresses to _____: AMS/confusion, seizures, & dysphasia